Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Zilverrugorgelvogel
Common Names in English:
Silver-Backed Butcherbird
Common Names in Finnish:
Hopeahuiluvaris
Common Names in French:
Cassican
Common Names in Latin:
Cracticus argenteus
Common Names in Polish:
Srokacz Jasnogrzbiety
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,031 meters (0 to 16,506 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
()
- Family:
Cracticidae
()
- Genus:
Cracticus
()
- Vieillot, 1816
- Specific name:
argenteus
- Scientific name: - Cracticus argenteus Gould 1841 Gould 1841 PZS["1840"] Pt8 no.93 p.126
- Specific name:
argenteus
- Genus:
Cracticus
(
- Family:
Cracticidae
(
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cracticus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. argenteus (Silver-Backed Butcherbird) · C. cassicus (Black-And-White Butcherbird) · C. cassicus cassicus (Black-Headed Butcher Bird) · C. louisiadensis (White-Rumped Butcher Bird) · C. mentalis (Black-Backed Butcher Bird) · C. mentalis mentalis (Black-Backed Butcherbird) · C. nigrogularis (Black-Throated Butcher Bird) · C. nigrogularis nigrogularis (Black-Throated Butcher Bird) · C. quoyi (Black Butcher Bird) · C. quoyi quoyi (Black Butcher Bird) · C. torquatus (Gray Butcher Bird) · C. torquatus torquatus (Grey Butcher Bird)
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Further Reading
- A key to the birds of Australia and Tasmania with their geographical distribution in Australia, by Robert Hall. Melbourne, Melville, Mullen and Slade, [pref 1899] url .
- A key to the birds of Australia: with their geographical distribution / by Robert Hall. London [England]: R. H. Porter, [1906?] url , , .
- A list of the birds of Australia: containing the names and synonyms connected with each genus, species, and subspecies of birds found in Australia, at present known to the author / London: Witherby, 1913. url p. 244.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 102, p. 99.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 166.
- Handbook to The birds of Australia. By John Gould. LondonPub. by the author, 1865. url p. 182, p. 182.
- Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania, by Alfred J. North... Sydney: Australian Museum, 1901-1914 url p. 21.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 270.
- Report of the Australian Association for the advancement of Science. Sidney, The Association. url p. 136.
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 553, p. 553.
- The Emu: official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union. Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1901- url p. 126, p. 128, p. 131, p. 138, p. 188, p. 189, p. 62, p. 63.
- The birds of Australia, London [etc.]Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1911. url , , .
- Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History) / by R.L.M. Warren & C.J.O. Harrison. London: BM(NH), 1966-1973. url p. 34.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1761778
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2480765
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1931924
Footnotes
- Mean = 78.320 meters (256.955 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,043.070 based on 25,359 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
