Hooded butcherbird
Cracticus cassicus (Boddaert, 1783)
The hooded butcherbird (Cracticus cassicus) is a species in the family Cracticidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 140 g to 145 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the hooded butcherbird
- Weight
- 140 g – 145 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.4src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the hooded butcherbird live?
Not recorded
What is the hooded butcherbird?
The hooded butcherbird (Cracticus cassicus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Artamidae. It is found in New Guinea.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
From the Wikipedia article “Hooded butcherbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hooded_butcherbird&oldid=1314974733), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the hooded butcherbird endangered?
The hooded butcherbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the hooded butcherbird classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCracticidae
- genusCracticus
- SpeciesCracticus cassicus (Boddaert, 1783)
Synonyms Ramphastos cassicus
Other names and names in other languages (33)
- طائر الجزار المقنعArabic
- carnisser capnegreCatalan
- flétňák kápovýCzech
- cigfachwr pendduWelsh
- CeramslagterfuglDanish
- PapuawürgatzelGerman
- Kappen-WürgatzelGerman
- PapuakrähenstarGerman
- PapuakrähenwürgerGerman
- PapuametzgervogelGerman
- nigrakapa kraktikoEsperanto
- Verdugo cabecinegroSpanish
- paapua leigarEstonian
- papuanhuiluvarisFinnish
- Cassican à tête noireFrench
- crnoglavi kuravongCroatian
- Jagal papuaIndonesian
- Uccello macellaio monacoItalian
- ズグロモズガラスJapanese
- juodagalvis fleitininkasLithuanian
- PapoeaorgelvogelDutch
- papuaslakterfuglNorwegian
- srokacz kapturowyPolish
- verdugo-de-cabeça-pretaPortuguese
- Папуанская флейтовая птицаRussian
- Черноголовая флейтовая птицаRussian
- vrieskavec kapucňovýSlovak
- Kapuljačasti kasapinSerbian
- papuatörnkråkaSwedish
- Papua Alaca KasapkuşuTurkish
- сорочиця новогвінейськаUkrainian
- 黑头钟鹊Chinese
- 黑頭鐘鵲Chinese
Relatives of the hooded butcherbird
Other species in the same genus Cracticus.
Pied butcherbird
Cracticus nigrogularis
Grey butcherbird
Cracticus torquatus
Black-backed butcherbird
Cracticus mentalis
Tagula butcherbird
Cracticus louisiadensis
Black butcherbird
Cracticus quoyi
CompareHooded butcherbird vs Pied butcherbirdHooded butcherbird vs Grey butcherbirdHooded butcherbird vs Black-backed butcherbirdHooded butcherbird vs Tagula butcherbird
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the hooded butcherbird?
An adult hooded butcherbird weighs 140 g – 145 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the hooded butcherbird endangered?
The hooded butcherbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the hooded butcherbird?
The hooded butcherbird (Cracticus cassicus) belongs to the family Cracticidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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