Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Black-Throated Butcher Bird, Pied Butcherbird
Common Names in French:
Cassican , Cassican à Gorge Noire
Common Names in German:
Schwarzkehl-W, Schwarzkehl-Würgatzel
Common Names in Italian:
Uccello Beccaio Golanera
Common Names in Latin:
Cracticus nigrogularis nigrogularis,
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,446 meters (0 to 8,025 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:
nigrogularis
- Subspecies:
nigrogularis
- Scientific name: - Cracticus nigrogularis nigrogularis (Gould, 1837)
- Subspecies:
nigrogularis
- Specific name:
nigrogularis
- 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
(
Synonyms
Cracticus nigrogularis (Gould
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
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1705453
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13851712
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2507097
Footnotes
- Mean = 49.530 meters (162.500 feet), Standard Deviation = 529.690 based on 5,184 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
