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Crested shriketit (Falcunculus frontatus) ndi mtundu wa mbalame endemic ku Australia, komwe imakhala m'nkhalango yotseguka eucalypt ndi nkhalango. Ili ndi mlomo wofanana ndi wa Parrot womwe umagwiritsidwa ntchito pothyola khungwa m'mitengo kuti ipeze tizilombo ndi zinyama zina zomwe zili pansi pake. Amuna ndi aakulu kuposa aakazi mu utali wa mapiko, kulemera ndi kukula kwa bili, ndipo ali ndi khosi lakuda, pamene akazi ali ndi khosi lobiriwira la azitona; amuna ndi akazi onse ali ndi zolembera zakuda ndi zoyera pankhope. Shriketit wachimuna uyu adajambulidwa ku Dharug National Park, New South Wales.

Photograph credit: John Harrison

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