CO(R)VID?
Finally, I've contracted the infamous virus, something I thought would never happen. Ironically, it occurred just a day after I took this photo of a Grey Currawong. While fighting the bug I've had ample time for research and discovered that the Grey Currawong was initially identified as Corvus versicolor by ornithologist John Latham in 1801, who referred to it as the "variable crow."
Despite their resemblance and behavior similar to crows, currawongs are not closely related to true crows. They are, in fact, more closely related to the Australian Magpie and butcherbirds. Together with the Pied Currawong and Black Currawong , the Grey Currawong forms the genus Strepera.
(Strepera versicolor) most likely subspecies melanoptera.
CO(R)VID?
Finally, I've contracted the infamous virus, something I thought would never happen. Ironically, it occurred just a day after I took this photo of a Grey Currawong. While fighting the bug I've had ample time for research and discovered that the Grey Currawong was initially identified as Corvus versicolor by ornithologist John Latham in 1801, who referred to it as the "variable crow."
Despite their resemblance and behavior similar to crows, currawongs are not closely related to true crows. They are, in fact, more closely related to the Australian Magpie and butcherbirds. Together with the Pied Currawong and Black Currawong , the Grey Currawong forms the genus Strepera.
(Strepera versicolor) most likely subspecies melanoptera.