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WoodlandCup nestMedium · 89 g
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The silver-backed butcherbird looks similar to the Grey butcherbird, except its back is lighter and silvery. This species is snappy and fearless, diving at humans and dogs near the nest. It may attack other birds like the spangled drongo or common koel.
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When to see the Silver-backed Butcherbird
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Silver-backed Butcherbird
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Silver-backed Butcherbird
The silver-backed butcherbird is a small, shrike-like bird. It is almost identical to the grey butcherbird of which it considered by some authorities to be a subspecies, C. torquatus argenteus.
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Easily confused with
Hooded ButcherbirdCracticus cassicusMeasuring 32–35 cm in length, the male and female are similar in appearance.
Black-backed ButcherbirdCracticus mentalisLike other butcherbirds, the black-backed butcherbird is a stockily built bird with a relatively large head and short wings and legs.
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