#1429 · 🐦 birds
Pied Currawong
🇳🇱 Bonte Klauwierkraai ·Strepera graculina
📍 Menzies Creek VIC 3159, Australia
📍 Drysdale - Clifton Springs VIC 3222, Australia
📍 Australia
📍 New South Wales, AU
📍 French Island VIC 3921, Australia
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Elysa Hazzard · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Taylor · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © duffelbag · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © David R · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © David J Barton · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Menzies Creek VIC 3159, Australia:© kittywench · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Drysdale - Clifton Springs VIC 3222, Australia:© Kelly · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Australia:© A Akkary · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. New South Wales, AU:© Tim · CC BY 4.0
- 10. French Island VIC 3921, Australia:© Ricardo Simao · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The pied currawong ( Strepera graculina ) is a medium-sized black passerine bird native to eastern Australia and Lord Howe Island. One of three currawong species in the genus Strepera , it is closely related to the butcherbirds and Australian magpie of the family Artamidae. Six subspecies are recognised. It is a robust crowlike bird averaging around 48 cm (19 in) in length, black or sooty grey-black in plumage with white undertail and wing patches, yellow irises, and a heavy bill....
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 21,405 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 319 g.
- Scientifically named by George Shaw in 1790 (236 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Pied Currawong
- Nederlands
- Bonte Klauwierkraai
- scientific name
- Strepera graculina
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Artamidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 21,405
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- 319 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1790 by George Shaw
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Artamidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 8423, Wikidata Q966961, GBIF 2489448, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.