Learn to ID: Which Butcherbird is That?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 พ.ค. 2024
- Provides tips on how to tell the difference between Pied and Grey Butcherbirds across Australia (focusing on the South-East QLD region). Includes how to identify species visually and by-ear.
Note for viewers from Darwin and surrounds: the visual ID rules for our Grey Butcherbird translate to your Silver-backed Butcherbird. The Silver-backed has a different song to our Grey.
You can use the following calls to practice identification by call:
Pied Song 1: xeno-canto.org/733293
Pied Song 2: xeno-canto.org/343751
Pied Call: xeno-canto.org/602313
Grey Butcherbird: xeno-canto.org/434538
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Great video. Where I live now the are Grey Butcher Birds, this morning they were picking up some small chicken scraps I had left over. Where I used to live there was a family of seven Pied Butcher Birds, they were very friendly because the bush fires had reduced their food supply, so we were hand feeding them, along with Magpies, Currawongs, Lorikeets, Cockatoos, Galahs and a range of other birds to numerous to mention. The most forward of the Pied Butcher Birds was Cheeky Bird, he would land on my shoulder, hop down my arm, look me in the eye and ask permission to eat the food from the container on my lap. If I left the patio door open there would be Magpies and Butcher Birds sitting on the lounge, they have no boundaries.
That's amazing to have such a close encounter with them. Thank you for helping them out during the bushfires, and sharing your experience 🙂
They are beautiful birds. I live with them in Hervey Bay. I feed and them and sometimes we sing together!
That sounds like a treat. I've got Pieds where I live. They are still weary, we're not at the singing stage yet. One day 😊
Thank you so much for the editing - i found a bird today which has beautiful singing talent my friend tell me that could be Magpie or Butcher bird
And Pied calls wow that i have been looking for ! So beautiful singing Thank you once again 🙌
Great to hear you can now track down the owner of the beautiful song 👍
Would like to see more videos about other SEQLD birbs
Thank you. I have one in the works at the moment 🙂
@@birdwatchingse-qld2253 Lorikeets and other small parrots would be fun and colorful
Great idea. I might do them after the next one. I think most Aussies think there is only one type of lorikeet (the rainbow), but we have plenty more!
Epic video mate
Thank you 🙂
Thank you, that was really useful.
Thank you, your feedback is appreciated 😊
Thanks very informative from wa
Thank you for the feedback 🙂 I'm currently editing a new video also including butcherbirds. I hope to cover the lesser known Australian butcherbirds in a future video. Stay tuned 🙂
My beloved magpies
I heard someone the other day refer to the Pied Butcherbird "missing you" as "peak-a-boo", so you can use this if it helps you remember 👍
@Bird Watching SE-QLD Thanks Rob for this video, always good to revise already acquired knowledge! I have a little family of pied butcherbirds that come eat at our place several times a day. I interpret their sex by their behavior, as I am no professional, but the young one asks for food in a typical fledgling way and the female is much more lovely, almost lets herself pat. Love them, beautiful singing and calls. Not as smart as Magpies though I would say. The family of Grey Bs that lives 20m away from the Pied Bs never comes.
Thank you, and great that you can tell the sexes apart by behaviour. I'll be sure to watch out for this next time I see them 👍
Enjoyed the video a lot. USA HERE.
I'm glad 🙂 It's quite a journey to Oz, but you'll be ready to ID our butcherbirds from the get-go! USA has so many beautiful birds, I'm happy with the American Magpie and Blue Jay, amazing
Hairy and Downey Woodpecker m / f individual's can be id'ed. That is what I was wondering about Butcher birds.@@birdwatchingse-qld2253
Wow, that's fasinating. I don't think we can do that with butcherbirds yet (besides DNA). I'll keep an ear out for any development in this space for butcherbirds ☺️
@@birdwatchingse-qld2253 My comment about wood peckers is missing, ubube, i bet did not like the word WoodPECKER. I think it great they protect us harmful words, like bird names.
I mention the name of that Downey, deleted before a minute was up. Love it.
Thanks ...really helped ... our 2 juveiles and older pair are becoming close songsters at my back yard
That's great. They have such beautiful songs. Especially in the rain
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I’ve been trying to identify a bird I hear in my home area by its song. I’ve made a recording but haven’t spotted the bird. Is there some way I can send the recording for your opinion? I live near Camden NSW.
Hi Diane, you can send the recording as a message to our group on Facebook (facebook.com/BirdsSEQLDMeetup?mibextid=ZbWKwL)
Anyway to ID individual Pied Butcher birds?
That's a tough one. Other than banding, you could possibly tell from plumage pattern variation but you'd need a keen eye and a good memory. It might be a bit easier to watch for their personalities. Either way. It will require much observing, which isn't a bad thing 🙂
Thank's for the reply. Guess I will stick to Hairy and Downey Woodpeckers.@@birdwatchingse-qld2253
Great job Rob! Is there a bird with similar tones to the Grey Butcherbird? Trying to ID one that calls in the morning, Coastal NSW, sounds like "keep your pants on"! i put the recording here : th-cam.com/video/4z84UhI7aEk/w-d-xo.html
The bird in your recording is a Grey Butcherbird. Butcherbirds love to remix their songs to keep us on our toes haha. That one sounds almost parrot-like but there's definitely a Grey in there. I love that mnemonic!
Yep, Very appropriate for the early riser! Thanks for the speedy response@@birdwatchingse-qld2253