Bellmagpies and Allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Cracticidae
The cracticids: currawongs, bellmagpies, and butcherbirds, are similar to the other corvids. They have large, straight bills and mostly black, white or grey plumage. All are omnivorous to some degree. There are 12 species worldwide and 7 species which occur in Papua New Guinea.
- Mountain Peltops Peltops montanus
- Lowland Peltops Peltops blainvillii
- Black-backed Butcherbird Cracticus mentalis
- Hooded Butcherbird Cracticus cassicus
- Tagula Butcherbird Cracticus louisiadensis (E)
- Black Butcherbird Cracticus quoyi
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Papua New Guinea
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