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Black Butcherbird (Zwarte Orgelvogel)




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Black Butcherbird - Melloria quoyi - Zwarte Orgelvogel
New-Guinea and North-Australia.

The following 5 subspecies are being recognized:
Melloria quoyi quoyi - New Guinea (except southcentral), Yapen Island and West-Papuan Islands;
Melloria quoyi spaldingi - Northwest- and North-Australia, Tiwi Island;
Melloria quoyi alecto - Southcentral-New Guinea, Aru Island and islands in the North-Torres Strait;
Melloria quoyi jardini - Cape York Peninsula (Northeast-Australia);
Melloria quoyi rufescens - Northeast-Queensland (Northeast-Australia).

Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.


Black ButcherbirdMelloria quoyi rufescens
Black Butcherbird
Melloria quoyi rufescens