currawong
IPA: kˈɝʌwˈɔŋ
noun
- Any of the three species, and several subspecies, of large, mainly black, predatory passerine birds in the genus Strepera, of the family Artamidae, endemic to Australia.
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Examples of "currawong" in Sentences
- The currawong is a predator and an omnivore.
- There are three subspecies of the Black Currawong.
- The currawong has a distinct loud and melodious call.
- The eggs closely resemble those of the currawong hosts.
- The term currawong itself is derived from the bird's call.
- The Grey Currawong is an omnivorous and opportunistic feeder.
- The currawong is similar to the other subspecies of the Pied Currawong.
- Seed is fertile for regeneration from the droppings of the Pied Currawong.
- The bird in the image above the taxobox is in fact a Currawong, not a Magpie.
- Plans for Currawong have yet to be lodged or exhibited for public consultation.
- But he didn't feel like shooting the currawong that was perched just a few feet away from him.
- cuppa: cup of tea currawong: ravenlike bird dag: goofy person daks: trousers dam: pool, pond, or water hole
- It sounds like a historic farming implement 'Father was wielding the currawong while mother churned the goat's milk' - any chance of a pic?
- The Lord Howe Island currawong Strepera graculina crissalis is relatively common in the southern mountains, with lesser number found in the north.
- A black currawong perched on it was examining him with its yellow eyes, and Billy remembered the hole in the chicken wire and the lovely swirl of black feathers and fluffy gray down around the rent fence.
- Twenty-one species of native birds regularly utilize rainforest habitat, including the grey goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae), brown scrubwren (Sericornis humilis), and black currawong (Strepera fulignosa).
- There are four extant endemic landbirds, including two species and two subspecies: the relatively abundant Lord Howe white-eye (Zosterops tephropleurus), the Lord Howe Island woodhen, Lord Howe Island golden whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis contempta), and the Lord Howe Island currawong (Strepera graculina crissalis).
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