Bird Families of the World

Big Zigzag - Drilldown into Families

Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies (Artamidae)

15 members seen during BigZZ, 2 lifers. My global status of this 24 species family is  20 (83%).

Genus level:

  • Woodswallow (Artamus) – 6 seen (White-breasted, Masked, White-browed, Black-faced, Dusky, Little Woodswallows). 11 sp. globaly in genus
White-breasted Woodswallow
White-browed Woodswallow
Black-faced Woodswallow
Dusky Woodswallow
Little Woodswallow
  • Butcherbird (Cracticus) –  4 seen, 1 lifer (Black-backed, Gray, Silver-backed, Pied Butcherbirds). 6 sp. globaly in genus.
Black-backed Butcherbird
Grey Butcherbird
Silver-backed Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
  • Black Butcherbird (Melloria) – 1 seen (Black Butcherbird) monotype genus
Black Butcherbird (juv)
  • Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina) – 1 seen (Australian Magpie) monotype genus
Australian Magpie
  • Currawong (Strepera) – 3 seen, 1 lifer (Pied, Black, Gray Currawongs) – 3 sp. endemic genus.
Pied Currawong
Black Currawong
Gray Currawong
Big Zigzag Index