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Black Butcherbird

Melloria quoyi (Lesson, RP; Garnot, P 1827)

The black butcherbird is a species of butcherbird in the family Artamidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Artamidae
Genus:
   Melloria
Scientific:
  Melloria quoyi

Original description

Citation:
  (Lesson, RP; Garnot, P 1827)

Reference:
   Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 10 p.289

Protonym:
  Barita Quoyi

Type locality:
  Dorey [= Dorei = Manokwari, Vogelkop], northwestern New Guinea.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26816#page/297/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  6AEC3F15F48AE3EE

Avibase ID:
  avibase-6AEC3F15

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/6AEC3F15

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 559556

Geographic range:

  • Melloria quoyi: New Guinea region and northern Australia
  • Melloria quoyi quoyi: New Guinea, including Raja Ampat Islands (off western New Guinea) and Yapen (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)
  • Melloria quoyi alecto: northern Torres Strait Islands (Boigu and Saibai)
  • Melloria quoyi spaldingi: Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea); Western Australia to Arnhem Land and adjacent islands
  • Melloria quoyi rufescens: eastern Queensland (Cairns to about Sarina)
  • Melloria quoyi jardini: coasts of western and eastern Cape York Peninsula southward to Cooktown
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Black Butcherbird
Catalan:
carnisser negre
Czech:
flétňák černý
Danish:
Sort Slagterfugl
German:
Mangrovekrähenstar
Spanish:
Verdugo Negro
Spanish (Spain):
Verdugo Negro
Finnish:
mustahuiluvaris
French:
Cassican des mangroves
Croatian:
crni kuravong
Italian:
Uccello macellaio nero
Japanese (romaji):
kuromozugarasu
Japanese:
クロモズガラス
Lithuanian:
juodasis fleitininkas
Dutch:
Zwarte Orgelvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svartslaktarfugl
Norwegian:
Svartslakterfugl
Polish:
srokacz czarny
Portuguese:
verdugo-preto
Portuguese (Portugal):
verdugo-preto
Russian:
Чёрная флейтовая птица
Slovak:
vrieskavec čierny
Serbian:
Crni kasapin
Swedish:
svart törnkråka
Ukrainian:
Сорочиця чорна
Chinese:
黑钟鹊
Chinese (Traditional):
黑鐘鵲

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Cassican des mangroves ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Cassican des mangroves ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Black Butcher Bird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Black Butcher Bird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Black Butcherbird ( Melloria quoyi) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Cracticus quoyi [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Cracticus quoyi [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Cracticus quoyi [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Black Butcherbird ( Cracticus quoyi) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cracticus quoyi [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cracticus quoyi [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: carnisser negre
Czech: flétňák černý, Flétnák mangrovový
Danish: Sort Slagterfugl
German: Mangrove Würgatzel, Mangrovekrähenstar, Mangrovemetzgervogel, Mangrovewürgatzel
English: Black Butcher Bird, Black Butcherbird
English, HBW: Black Butcherbird
English (IOC): Black Butcherbird
English (United States): Black Butcherbird
Spanish: Pájaro Matarife Negro, Verdugo Negro
Spanish (Spain): Verdugo Negro
Spanish (HBW): Black Butcherbird
Estonian: mustleigar
Finnish: Mustahuiluvaris
French: Cassican des mangroves
Croatian: crni kuravong
Indonesian: Jagal Hitam
Italian: Uccello beccaio nero, Uccello macellaio nero
Japanese (romaji): kuromozugarasu
Japanese: クロモズガラス
Scientific: Barita Quoyi, Cracticus quoyi, Cracticus quoyi quoyi, Melloria quoyi, Melloria quoyi quoyi
Lithuanian: juodasis fleitininkas
Dutch: Zwarte Orgelvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svartslaktarfugl
Norwegian: Svartslakterfugl
Polish: srokacz czarny
Portuguese: verdugo-preto
Portuguese (Portugal): verdugo-preto
Russian: Чёрная птица-мясник, Чёрная флейтовая птица
Slovak: vrieskavec čierny
Serbian: Crni kasapin
Swedish: Svart törnkråka
Turkish: Kara kasapkuşu
Ukrainian: Сорочиця чорна
Chinese: 黑钟鹊
Chinese (Traditional): 黑鐘鵲

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