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The grey currawong (Strepera versicolor) is a large passerine bird native to southern Australia, including Tasmania. One of three currawong species, it is a large crow-like bird, around 48 cm (19 in) long, with yellow irises, a heavy bill, and dark plumage, with a white undertail and wing patches. The male and female are similar in appearance. The six subspecies are distinguished by their overall plumage shade. They have a distinctive loud ringing or clinking call. The currawong is generally sedentary, although it is a winter visitor in south-easternmost Australia. Much of its behaviour and habits is poorly known. It is a ground-foraging omnivore and builds its nests high in trees. It is found in forests and scrubland in dryer regions. Unlike its more common relatives, it has adapted poorly to human impact, and has declined in much of its range.(Full article...)
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- Comments 1st, checking criteria 1b/c. Full review later. Have these sources been consulted? Sasata (talk) 03:38, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
- Many of these are quite esoteric/minor and have not been referenced in the main compendium of Higgins/HANZAB for some reason. Some are quite tricky to get a hold of but are nonetheless intriguing. I am chasing the white/albino ones and see what I can do for each, either explain why unneeded or add in. Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:56, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- Title: Identification of nest predators with remote cameras and artificial nests in extensive old-growth woodland of southwestern Australia
- Author(s): Fulton, Graham R.
- Source: Corella Volume: 30 Issue: 2 Pages: 35-39 Published: JUN 2006
Title: Do grey currawongs eat carrion?
- Author(s): Fulton, Graham R.
Source: Australian Field Ornithology Volume: 23 Issue: 1 Pages: 48-49 Published: March 2006
- Title: Satin bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus and grey currawong Strepera versicolor eating feijoa Acca sellowiana petals.
- Author(s): Conole, Lawrence E.
- Source: Australian Field Ornithology Volume: 21 Issue: 3 Pages: 121-124 Published: September 2004
- Title: Grey currawongs Strepera versicolor in Newtown, Geelong.
- Author(s): Morley, Craig G.
- Source: Geelong Bird Report Volume: 1998 Pages: 53-56 Published: 1999
- Title: White phase of the grey currawong?
- Author(s): Whiteford, Ross
- Source: Bird Observer (Nunawading) Volume: 757 Pages: 15 Published: October 1995
- Title: Currawong feeding.
- Author(s): Hooper, Nicolette
- Source: Bird Observer (Nunawading) Volume: 748 Pages: 5 Published: December 1994
Title: Grey currawong Strepera versicolor employs the 'Zirkeln' method in searching for food.
- Author(s): Kloot, Tess
Source: Australian Bird Watcher Volume: 15 Issue: 4 Pages: 160-161 Published: December 1993
- Title: Albino grey currawong.
- Author(s): Wall, L.
- Source: Tasmanian Naturalist Pages: 11 Published: 1989
Title: Feeding behaviour of grey currawong (Strepera versicolor).
- Author(s): Hussey, P.
Source: Western Australian Naturalist Volume: 17 Issue: 8 Pages: 233 Published: 1989
Title: MENACANTHUS-DENNISI (MALLOPHAGA, MENOPONIDAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM THE GREY CURRAWONG (PASSERIFORMES, CRACTICIDAE) IN SOUTH-AUSTRALIA
- Author(s): PRICE, RD; EMERSON, KC
Source: FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST Volume: 71 Issue: 2 Pages: 202-204 Published: JUN 1988
Title: The grey currawong as a vector for broadcasting African boneseed.
- Author(s): King, D.
Source: Geelong Naturalist Volume: 24 Issue: 3 Pages: 80 Published: 1987
Title: THE GENUS MICROTETRAMERES NEMATODA SPIRURIDA IN AUSTRALIAN BIRDS
- Author(s): MAWSON P M
Source: Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) Volume: 17 Issue: 14 Pages: 239-259 Published: 1977
Title: BLACK-WINGED CURRAWONG STREPERA-VERSICOLOR-MELANOPTERA
- Author(s): BRAHAM A G
Source: South Australian Naturalist Volume: 47 Issue: 2 Pages: 20 Published: 1972
Title: Some notes on nest-building of three Birds, Gymnorhina hypoleuca, G. tibicen, and Strepera versicolor.
- Author(s): Favaloro, N. J.
Source: Emu Melbourne Volume: 30 Pages: pp. 105-109 Published: 1930
- Comments Full review as promised: Sasata (talk) 05:48, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
What was the publication in which Latham first described the species?is there an online link somewhere?
translation for Wati-eri?
how about translations for all the Latin subspecies names? I'd be interested in knowing that info
how about links for the locales mentioned in the subspecies ranges? I certainly have no idea where places like Grampians Inland, the ACT, the Eyre Peninsula or the Great Australian Bight are (to mention just a few).
How about a more detailed distribution map with different colors/shades for the different subspecies? It would make it easier for someone like me to make more sense of the list of unfamiliar place names.
- I have never seen one in any source.
However, I will read the subspecies descriptions in Higgins and see if I can make one. Most subspecies will be easy, just some fo the border areas might be tricky.done Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:25, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
- I have never seen one in any source.
"Mathews had designated central Australian birds as a subspecies centralia, but most consider them as part of plumbea, as very little is known." Most what? Ornitholigists? Sounds slightly weaselly as written.
Can't those 3 images be arranged more attractively than simply lined up one after another under the range map?
"Race plumbea has a thicker and more downcurved bill than other races." This caption calls the bird a race, whereas the text calls it a subspecies… which is it?
"The Tasmanian subspecies averages around 440 g (16 oz)." Is it assumed that these are all measurements from fully grown adults?
link hackle (or explain… that target article is pretty weak), moult
"Juvenile birds have less distinct plumage and more prominent brown coloration." I don't understand why the plumage is less distinct… if it is prominently brown, isn't that distinctly different than an adult?
If I am understanding the description correctly, the juvenile starts out with a yellow gape, which becomes greyish black to black as they get older?
"Unlike that of its cousin the Pied Currawong," the intro sentence of the last section called the Pied a "common relative", so I don't think the article needs to remind us again of their familial closeness
"It is best known for making a sound variously transcribed as p'rink, clink, cling, ker-link or tullock as it flies or gathered in any numbers." grammar wrong
"Ashby wrote that it was akin to the squeaking of a wheelbarrow in Tasmania" 1) who's Ashby? 2) the way its written makes me think that Tasmanian wheelbarrows make a kling sound (in contrast to other Australian wheelbarrows)
- linked to Edwin Ashby and Rejigged. Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:25, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
I don't suppose there are any sound files to provide examples of these intriguing bird noises?
link/clarify Malle scrubland, habitat destruction, territoriality
the first sentence of "Feeding" is very long. As is the first sentence of the second paragraph in that section.
link vector, invasive species
"…and one observer noted that the normally noisy birds became quiet and sluggish when eating it…" don't most birds become quiet when they have food in their mouths? Or do they become quiet after they eat it?
"…generally eucalypts are chosen." should be linked at first occurrence in previous paragraph
"…and are marked with streaks or splotches of darker brownish, purplish-brown, slate-grey or even bluish." I think the "ishes" need to be removed to make this grammatically correct (unless there's a word missing at the end of the sentence?)
I asked Ucucha to link buff for a rat article, so it would be inconsistent for me not to do the same here
How's this for nitpicky: the period in et al. should not be italicized!
tweak author format: compare Sibley CG, Ahlquist JE (1985) vs. Sharland, M. S. R. (1925); check refs throughout for others as well
ref #32 article title in capitals is inconsistent with others