Passeriformes / Artamidae / Melloria

Black Butcherbird

Melloria quoyi

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Melloria quoyi alecto

southern New Guinea including Aru Islands, and northeastern Australia (northwestern Torres Strait islands)
Melloria quoyi jardini

northeastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland)
Melloria quoyi quoyi

New Guinea, including Raja Ampat Islands (off western New Guinea) and Yapen (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)
Melloria quoyi rufescens

northeastern Australia (Wet Tropics region to about Sarina, eastern Queensland)
Melloria quoyi spaldingi

Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea); northwestern Australia (eastern Kimberley region, northern Western Australia to northern Northern Territory including Tiwi Islands)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.