Cracticus cassicus (Boddaert, 1783)

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 46

HOODED BUTCHERBIRD Cracticus cassicus #

Local name Man Kowo[k] (Kuneff, Sansundi; Soeparno 1977).

Range C. c. cassicus Biak, Supiori, Numfor, Yapen, Kurudu.

Status Resident. Obtained by four collectors and recorded by most visitors. Widespread and common in degraded, selectively logged and primary forest up to c. 305 m (KDB; Supiori). Less common in sparsely wooded farmland.

Breeding 12 January 1997: carrying twigs to a platform nest in a 15 m-tall tree (SvB).