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Silver-backed Butcherbird
Cracticus argenteus · Family Cracticidae
Cracticus argenteus
Family Cracticidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cracticidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 974,537
- Countries and territories with records
- 5
About this species
This species has 974,537 occurrence records from 5 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.89% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Cracticus argenteus combines the genus name Cracticus with the species epithet argenteus. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Cracticus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Cracticus torquatus, Cracticus nigrogularis and Cracticus mentalis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 12 species of the family Cracticidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Gymnorhina tibicen. Its record count is 1.7 times the family average (570,170). The family Cracticidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.