Grey Currawong
Strepera versicolor ‡
Beauchamp Falls camp, SC Vic IMG_2192 20241128 - versicolor CLICK for another pic.
Notes: Large. Bill straight, tapers to fine point. Yellow iris.
White-tipped tail & wings. White under-
tail coverts. Ssp versicolor,
plumbea: 'Grey Currawong'. Ssp arguta: 'Clinking Currawong', darkest,
longer wing, bill, tarsus than nominate. Ssp melanoptera, lacks white
wing markings, 'Black-
winged Currawong'; halmaturina, similar but
longer narrower bill; intermedia: smallest; dark
w. large white wing
markings. Distinctive clinking call. In eucalypt forests, woodlands.
Range from Wikipedia (May 2018)
Beauchamp Falls camp, SC Vic IMG_7234 20241128 - versicolor CLICK for another pic.
Bear Gully Campground, SE Vic IMG_8706 20211121 - versicolor wet. CLICK for another view.
Nannup, SW WA IMG_8426 20181021 - plumbea like versicolor plumage.
Cheynes Beach, Albany, SW WA IMG_1332 20181104 - plumbea adult. CLICK for pic of chicks: brown iris, loose brownplumage. Stirling Range Retreat S WA 20181027.
Cleland, Mt Lofty, SE SA IMG_2197 20241024 - melanoptera adult. CLICK for another at Mt Lofty Botanic Garden, 20241023.
American River, Kangaroo Isl, SE SA IMG_2962 20241028 - halmaturina - CLICK for another pic.
American River, Kangaroo Isl, SE SA IMG_2957 20241028 - halmaturina juvenile: yellow gape, browinish plumage.CLICK for video of bird begging.
Peter Murrell Reserve, Kingston, SE Tas IMG_7591 20210612 - arguta in the rain.
Penny's Lagoon, N King Island, Tas IMG_1790 20211216 - arguta
Peter Murrell Reserve, Kingston, SE Tas IMG_7602+7608 20210612 - arguta
Beauchamp Falls camp, SC Vic IMG_7225 20241128 - versicolor
Cleland, Mt Lofty, SE SA IMG_2172 20241024 - melanoptera replay x0.25 speed.