Black Currawong (2/8)

PASSERIFORMES: Artamidae

Strepera fuliginosa

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Mount Wellington, TAS (Aug, 2009)

Total Photos8
Larry2 [2]
Vik1 [1]
Geoff3 [3]
Kay2 [2]

The Black Currawong is confined to Tasmania and the islands in the Bass Strait. It inhabits cool temperate dense highland eucalypt forest moving down to lowlands in winter where it can be seen scavenging around picnic grounds (as in my photos) and in urban parks and gardens.

Black Currawong