Cracticus mentalis

Conservation status: 

Not Threatened

Size: 

33-44 cm; 148 – 196 g

Phylogeny: 

Taxonomy: Cracticus mentalis Salvadori and D'Albertis, 1876, south-east New Guinea. This species and C. torquatus, which form a superspecies, have sometimes been placed in a separate genus, Bulestes. Two subspecies recognized. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)

Distribution: 

Subspecies and Distribution:

    * mentalis Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1876 - S New Guinea in S Trans-Fly region (Merauke E to Balimo) and SE peninsula (Hall Sound E to Kupiano and inland to Sogeri Plateau). * kempi Mathews, 1912 - Cape York Peninsula, in NE Australia.
Habitat: 

Most forest types and plantation in lowlands and hills.

Trophic strategy: 

Invertebrates, mainly insects; also small vertebrates

Reproduction: 

Little known.

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith