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Silver-backed butcherbird
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The silver-backed butcherbird (Cracticus argenteus) is a small, shrike-like bird. It is almost identical to the grey butcherbird (C. torquatus) of which it considered by some authorities to be a subspecies, C. torquatus argenteus.[2]
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Silver-backed butcherbird | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Artamidae |
Genus: | Cracticus |
Species: | C. argenteus |
Binomial name | |
Cracticus argenteus Gould, 1841 | |
Synonyms | |
Cracticus torquatus argenteus |
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The species was first described by ornithologist John Gould in 1836 as Cracticus argenteus.[3]