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White-winged Chough

Corcorax melanorhamphos


Inhabits open forest and woodland, wherever understory is
parse and the leaf litter productive. Has a complex social structure. Family
groups of 5-20 birds forage systematically across a patch of ground.  Most of the group are non-breeding offspring
of the breeding pair. The non-breeders assist with incubation, feeding,
brooding and nest-defense.  Nest is a
large mud bowl built on a near-horizontal limb.

The Australian Bird Guide, Peter Menkhorst et al

Classifications: Bird, forest and grassland
Family: Corcoracidae (Australian mudnesters)
Information sources: Photo taken at Eungella by Marlis Schoeb

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