Strepera versicolor

Grey Currawong at Stromlo, ACT

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Identification history

Strepera versicolor	26 Jun 2020	natureguy
Strepera versicolor	21 Apr 2020	RodDeb
Strepera versicolor	19 Apr 2020	RodDeb

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11 comments

ArcherCallaway wrote:

21 Apr 2020

Do you have any other photos of this bird, the colour looks weird and the white tips to flight feathers or lack of white at the base of tail feathers aren't really visible

RodDeb wrote:

21 Apr 2020

Have added the only other pics I have, it was a fair distance away. Thanks for your help Ryu.
Also still having trouble editing sightings on this one I had to go through the steps of what bird it was again rather than just being able to add the pics. We are also still not receiving confirmation emails and have emailed the tech department, hopefully things will be sorted out, we know it's always tricky when things have big changes to them and everything looks really good now.

ArcherCallaway wrote:

21 Apr 2020

You can access confirmations under personal alerts (envelope symbol beside username top right of page) in case you weren't aware. I find this more manageable than email alerts (which I imagine you would get a very high number of when it is working)

RodDeb wrote:

21 Apr 2020

Not seen any email confirmations under the personal envelope symbol yet. Not too bothered about the recent confirmations as they are easier to keep track of, but have had some older ones (mainly insects) being renamed so unless we receive an email about them we won't know to update our files.
thanks Ryu.

natureguy wrote:

9 May 2020

I'm still undecided on this sighting as I can't really see any features that would be more distinctive towards Grey. Though it doesn't really look like Pied either.

RodDeb wrote:

9 May 2020

It looked like a Grey Currawong to us, certainly not like any of the usual Pied Currawongs see all the time, sorry didn't get any better pics. Thanks for your time.

rawshorty wrote:

9 May 2020

If i remember correctly i looked at these when they were posted and thought Grey at the time due to colouring and black around the eye. Looking again now it popped up in the comments i am thinking it might be an immature Pied due to bill being shorter than Grey has. I will attach a link to a photo of a Grey on my flickR, you can see the bill is longer and thinner. https://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/33658793264/in/photolist-Thj7zN-Thj9B3-EPsvYc-DbRsue-BgbsGE-ADrjnp-Bfg96k-B5ZLM3-B9hHYR-ycexBP-v1mTHC-vhqs2A-u3HS4n-u3yhV7-p8YNX7/

Christine wrote:

9 May 2020

Re the alerts, if still not getting them, I wasn't either, then under Alert Settings I unsubscribed then subscribed again to all settings, and now I am getting emails again.

RodDeb wrote:

9 May 2020

We keep looking at the comparisons on CNM for Grey Currawong and can't really see any difference between them and this one, what are we missing? This one has a long thin beak also?? Whatever you decide doesn't matter. On another note, thank you Christine, we did the same thing and also sent a couple of messages to tech support and all is working fine now. Thanks for your help, most appreciated.

RodDeb wrote:

11 May 2020

Not sure if this helps or not but it was also put on eBird checklist https://ebird.org/checklist/S67339603 and have not had any queries from Alastair about it. Also has been accepted on iNaturalist. Just thought would mention this, apologies if you feel this is inappropriate to mention the other places.

natureguy wrote:

26 Jun 2020

After reviewing this sighting, although the colour looks odd (maybe angle or sunlight?) This bird doesn't have the white wing panels on the side (seems to be a good distinguishing feature) and also has less white on the end of the tail compared to what I would expect for a Pied.

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