Waybung is an Australian English name for the white-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos), a distinctive black bird with white wing patches visible in flight, found across southeastern and inland Australia. The name is of Aboriginal Australian origin. The white-winged chough is notable for its strong social behaviour, living in family groups and cooperatively raising young. It is typically encountered in open woodlands and is a well-known bird in rural and regional southeastern Australia.
A noisy group of waybung were pulling apart the bark near the fence line, looking for grubs.
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(AU) The white-winged chough ().
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