Warbla · Library
Grey Butcherbird
Cracticus torquatus · Family Cracticidae
Cracticus torquatus
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 torquatus combines the genus name Cracticus with the species epithet torquatus. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Cracticus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Cracticus argenteus, Cracticus nigrogularis and Cracticus mentalis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 12 species of the family Cracticidae. This species ranks 4th 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.