Black Currawong

Black Currawong

Taxobox
name = Black Currawong


image_width = 225px
image_caption = Black Currawong, Tasmania
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Artamidae
genus = "Strepera"
species = "S. fuliginosa"
binomial = "Stepera fuliginosa"
binomial_authority = Gould, 1837The Black Currawong, "Strepera fuliginosa" also known locally as the Black Jay is a medium-sized omnivorous songbird native to Australia. It is about 45 cm long and has all black plumage except for a small white patch in the wing and a white-tipped tail.

The Black Currawong is confined and endemic to temperate forests of Tasmania and two islands in Bass Strait. It can become very tame, much like its close relative, the Pied Currawong on the Australian mainland.

Like all Currawongs, it builds a large cup-nest out of sticks, lined with softer material, and placed in a tall tree.

Currawongs feed on small birds in particular, and in many areas urbanization has led to boosting Currawong numbers, therefore annihilating small bird populations. This has been a concern in some Australian cities.

There are three subspecies of the Black Currawong. The nominate form "Strepera fuliginosa fuliginosa" of Tasmania, "Strepera fuliginosa parvior" of Flinders Island and "Strepera fuliginosa colei" of King Island.

The Black Currawong is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. One of its subspecies, "Strepera fuliginosa colei" of King Island is Vulnerable to extinction. [ [http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/actionplan/vulnerable.html Vulnerable Australian Birds] ]

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=5855&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=51219 IUCN Red List]


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