List of Birds of Tasmania - Woodswallows, Butcherbirds, Australian Magpie, and Currawongs

Woodswallows, Butcherbirds, Australian Magpie, and Currawongs

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Artamidae

Now known to be related to the Vangidae of Madagascar, the Artamidae are a collection of crow-like birds as well as the smaller woodswallows. They include some of the most familiar and most accomplished songbirds of the Australian (and Tasmanian) landscape. Six species are found in Tasmania. One is endemic and two more are endemic subspecies.

• White-breasted Woodswallow, Artamus leucorynchus (V)
• Dusky Woodswallow, Artamus cyanopterus
• Grey Butcherbird, Cracticus torquatus
• Australian Magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen
• Black Currawong, Strepera fuliginosa (E)
• Grey Currawong, Strepera versicolor