Black Currawong
Calls & Sounds

The calls of the Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa) are an evocative sound of Tasmania’s forests and can often be heard ringing out across mountain valleys. Song phrases consist of a loud, clanging, musical notes ‘kar-week-kar, kar-week-week-kar’ and are often given as antiphonal duets. These calls are often one of the first sounds of the dawn chorus and last of the diurnal bird sounds at dusk. Other calls include soft whistles and croaks.

The Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa) is endemic to Tasmania. It can be found in a variety of habitats, from coastal eucalypt forests and heath, to temperate rainforest and alpine shrubland. An adaptable species, Black Currawongs often become habituated around picnic areas and parks where they are quick to take advantage of any food left behind!

The subspecies of Black Currawong found on King Island Strepera fuliginosa colei is listed as ‘Vulnerable’ due to a population decline, likely as a result of habitat destruction.