Identification: The crown and mantle of the ground cuckoo-shrike is light grey, the face and throat are darker. The breast, belly and rump are all white, finely barred with black. The wings and tail are black with a white tip on the tail.

Call/Song: During flight will make a loud ti-yew, ti-yew but also makes other varied, metallic type calls.

Found in small population densities throughout the inland parts of Australia.

Habitat:Inhabits savanna and scrublands of the interior, mulga lands of Western australia and along the inland rivers of New South Wales. 

Feeding: This bird feeds wholly on the ground, sometimes leaping in the air to catch a flying insect.

Breeding/Nesting: Breeds from August through December. This bird builds a bowl-shaped nest of fine twigs, grasses, plant stems, wool, plant down and cobweb in a horizontal fork of a shrubby tree.

Movement: Although able to run remarkably well, the normal gait is a brisk walk, with the head moving backwards and forwards in pigeon fashion. 

Other Common Names: Ground graucalus, ground jay, long-tailed jay.

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Reader's Digest Services (1979) Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds, Surry Hills, NSW.