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Large black-and-white bird with long, pale bill with dark tip.
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Aggregated occurance data is sourced from 14 different actively-updating datasets including eBird Australia, iNaturalist Australia, BirdLife Australia, and multiple state-based bird surveys through Atlas of Living Australia.
Species notes
Larger than butcherbirds and differently patterned. Widespread in farmland, parks, and open woodlands, where usually seen in pairs or groups strutting on the ground. Song a memorable fluty warble.
Black head, face, underparts, white nape, upperwing coverts, and rump, and either black or white back (subspecies vary in plumage).
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