The Grey Butcherbird

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From its appearance, the grey butcherbird may not look very special, but wait until you hear it sing! It has one of the most fantastic melodic whistles of all Australian birds. The song is typically started by the male and then continued by the female, repeating until completed or until the female quits.

What a beautiful eye this butcherbird has:

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Here the parent butcherbird is preparing to feed its adolescent. There are more pictures of the feeding in our grey butcherbird thumbnail gallery.

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Butcherbird sounds/noises/whistles:
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