Black Currawong

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Cockle Ck., SE Tas IMG_4033 20210604 - fulignosa

Notes: Wholly blackish head & body, vent - cf Grey Currawong. Bright yellow iris. White primary
tips, & tail tips. Male larger than female. Ssp parvior smaller than nominate fulignosa; ssp colei
smallest. Common. Noisy, loud calls. Forages on the ground, & limbs of trees. Moist upland
eucalypt forests, move to lowlands autumn.

Range from Morcombe^©

Stewarts Bay, Port Arthur, SE Tas IMG_3961 20210604 - fulignosa - CLICK for another pic.

Stewarts Bay, Port Arthur, SE Tas IMG_4009 20210604 - fulignosa

Cockle Ck., SE Tas IMG_6682 20080226 - fulignosa

Calcified Forest, S King Island, Tas IMG_1467 20211216 - colei - CLICK to hear calling.

Lake Martha Lavinia, N King Island, Tas IMG_1798 20211216 - colei - CLICK for another

Stewarts Bay, Port Arthur, SE Tas IMG_4090 20210604

Cockle Ck., SE Tas MVI_6687 20080226 - juvenile

Cockle Ck., SE Tas MVI_6685 20080226