White-winged Chough

White-winged Chough - Corcorax melanorhamphos


Sightings:

Templestowe:  2016:  September, October.
Glynn's Reserve, Warrandyte:  2016:  September, October.
Pound Bend, Warrandyte State Park:  2017:  January.


Notes:

When their wings are folded, they seem to be black like a corvid, but have a red eye and a curved bill.  When they open their wings to fly, a white wing patch is revealed.

The feed on the ground in groups mostly, and fly off in a group when alarmed, calling.

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