| Tagula butcherbird | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Artamidae |
| Genus: | Cracticus |
| Species: | C. louisiadensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cracticus louisiadensis Tristram, 1889 | |
The Tagula butcherbird (Cracticus louisiadensis) is a species of bird in the family Artamidae. It is endemic to Tagula Island in Papua New Guinea.
The pied butcherbird is a songbird native to Australia. Described by John Gould in 1837, it is a black and white bird 28 to 32 cm long with a long hooked bill. Its head and throat are black, making a distinctive hood; the mantle and much of the tail and wings are also black. The neck, underparts and outer wing feathers are white. The juvenile and immature birds are predominantly brown and white. As they mature their brown feathers are replaced by black feathers. There are two recognised subspecies of pied butcherbird.
The grey butcherbird is a widely distributed species endemic to Australia. It occurs in a range of different habitats including arid, semi-arid and temperate zones. It is found across southern Australia, but is absent from the deserts of central Australia and the monsoon tropics of northern Australia. It has a characteristic rollicking birdsong. It appears to be adapting well to city living, and can be encountered in the suburbs of many Australian cities including Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Hobart. The grey butcherbird preys on small vertebrates including other birds.
Butcherbirds are songbirds closely related to the Australian magpie. Most are found in the genus Cracticus, but the black butcherbird is placed in the monotypic genus Melloria. They are native to Australasia.
The Rossell Island tree frog is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae found along streams in lowland forests on Rossel Island and Tagula Island in Papua New Guinea. It has been observed between 127 and 700 meters above sea level.
Mantophryne louisiadensis is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Rossel Island, a part of the Louisiade Archipelago in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Common name Louisiade archipelago frog has been proposed for this species. Mantophryne axanthogaster from the neighboring Sudest Island was formerly included in it.
The white-bellied cuckooshrike is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Australia, the Moluccas, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
The Sahul cicadabird, previously known as the common cicadabird or slender-billed cicadabird, is a species of passerine bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Australia, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. Its natural habitats are temperate forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. The species is placed in the reinstated genus Edolisoma by most authors. The common cicadabird was described as a "great speciator" by Mayr & Diamond (2001); and Pedersen et al. (2018) described how this species rapidly colonized and diversified across the Indo-Pacific island region and Australia in the Pleistocene.
The hooded butcherbird is a species of passerine bird in the family Artamidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
The black-backed butcherbird is a species of bird in the family Artamidae. It is found in southern New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia.
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.
The Louisiade flowerpecker is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is found on Tagula, Misima and Rossel islands.
The Tagula honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Tagula Island.
The Tagula white-eye or white-throated white-eye is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.
The Panniet naked-backed fruit bat, also known as the De Vis's Bare-backed Fruit Bat and Panaeati Bare-backed Fruit Bat, is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It roosts in groups, within caves and tree hollows.
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.
Artamidae is a family of passerine birds found in Australia, the Indo-Pacific region, and Southern Asia. It includes 24 extant species in six genera and three subfamilies: Peltopsinae, Artaminae and Cracticinae. Artamids used to be monotypic, containing only the woodswallows, but it was expanded to include the family Cracticidae in 1994. Some authors, however, still treat the two as separate families. Some species in this family are known for their beautiful song. Their feeding habits vary from nectar sucking (woodswallows) to predation on small birds.
The Louisiade imperial pigeon is a species of bird in the family Columbidae found in Milne Bay Province in Papua New Guinea. It is found on Goodenough and Fergusson islands in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands and Misima, Tagula and Rossel islands in the Louisiade Islands. The species was previously considered conspecific with Pinon's imperial pigeon.
The ring-tailed gecko is a species of gecko that is endemic to the Louisiade Archipelago of Papua New Guinea.
Sphenomorphus louisiadensis is a species of skink. It is found in Papua New Guinea.
The Louisiade monitor is a species of monitor lizard native to the Louisiade Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. The species inhabits all three major islands of the Louisiade Archipelago: Tagula Island, Misima Island, and Rossel Island. It was first described in 2023, alongside Varanus tanimbar.
