Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHORDATA
Class
AVES
Family
ARTAMIDAE
Genus
Cracticus
Species
torquatus
Has fauna
True
Mapping

Common Name
Grey Butcherbird
Alternate name
Is historical
False
QLD
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
Common and widespread.
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
True
Introduced
False
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Common
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Common but sometimes patchy resident found in a variety of forests but avoiding denser rainforests. Also found in urban and altered areas like golf courses, parks and gardens
Known location
Eagleby, Clagiraba, Pimpama, Tallebudgera Creek, Nerang, Hinze Dam, Jacobs Well, Labrador, Tallebudg
Other locality
Common and widespread in woodland, farmland and urban areas. A familiar garden bird that has benefited from forest clearing. Aggressive to smaller birds which it sometimes kills.
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Woodland, farmland, parks, gardens.
Specific ecology
Habitat
Habitat comment
May have benefited from forest clearing creating the more open habitats its prefers. Most records from lowland areas.
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Description
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations