I am so happy that I am Australian (I moved from Russia 12 years ago at the age of 40)

I'd never heard of a Butcher Bird before til an Aussie friend in a chat room mentioned them, I came here to see what the fuss was all about and this guy is just brilliant. He sounds like the happiest bird on the planet and he can't wait to tell you about it lol.

I think this bird just found a place to enjoy its own talent.

I play this for my orphaned butcher bird, it calms and engages them. Thank you x

In the Myna Bird family? Magpie...distantly. The Aussie version of the Shrike. Lovely songs...killers at heart.

Always love the sound of the butcher birds singing

When I was little, I always thought that Australia has nothing interesting, America has it all, its amazing there..over the years I have realised that we in Australia have one of-no-the best animals and wildlife in the world. We have over 56 different species of parrots and these incredible birds! Not to mention an amazing reef. I am proud to be Aussie and I wouldn’t change that.

The sound is absolutely stunning. We have a family of butcher birds we've been feeding 10 years and every season they bring their 'kids' home. Often times when I've got music playing, particularly something slow, they come to serenade. Staggeringly beautiful video. Loved it. Thank you for sharing.

I love these birds. I get one who occasionally sit close by and says hello.

The undisputed king of the Aussie carollers; butcherbirds are a pure delight to have around the house. They sing their fabulously complex song for us for a few handouts; the ultimate bush busker, the butcherbird travels light to entertain.

What a sweetie !! Australia has some amazing birds, with fabulous songs and many with glorious plumage ❤

Looks like a young bird full of the joy of life

I'm sitting under my patio here in West Oz playing this vid loud ,I'm surrounded within 20 meters of where I'm sitting by magpies,mudlarks,butcher birds, currawongs ,wattle birds,28,s and crows,I'm fair dinkum!That's with me whistling along too!!Ha ha ha ,choice vid cheers mate👍🇦🇺🦘🍻

I always hear and see the same pied butchy on my train line near my house every morning he sings, it's so beautiful

Its my pleasure he/she just sang from his heart beautiful!

That is a wonderful video. I think the butcher bird is singing for a feed. I have had grey butcher birds around me in 2 separate locations for about 18 years. I have noticed that on some occasions they will quietly sing a different repertoire to themselves which includes quiet chatter, warbling trills, and snatches of mimicking other bird calls such as whip birds, magpies, rosellas and others. Whenever they do this particular vocalizing, I have noticed it always comes some time before a big wind, rain or storm. I do find them the most intelligent birds and cherish their friendship.

I'm in Nthn Thailand, and hearing the butcher bird singing makes me so homesick! I'm in a city apartment block and all we have are pigeons and starlings!

Having returned to New Zealand the thing I miss the most is Australian birds and particularly the amazing butcher bird and coorong songs! And freshly made pizza!

Sounds from the heavens!!! Thanks so much.

the talk of the angels, the way they chirp is quite amazing.

I have no doubt that my Grey Butcherbird family followed me over 7kms when I moved house. Their repertoires are unique.

Beautiful. I've been searching everywhere for a quality recording of the Butcher Bird. Now i've found it, Thanks.

This is the farest I can come to a God like experience on this unbelievable earth.

This talkative fella is really cool!

❤ My favourite bird.

Oh wow, I would love to have Billy come to sing for me like that. Such a lovely song!

Merveilleux !!!

Could listen to this for hours. 😊 his mum taught him well.

These videos are sending my wild Butcher birds crazy. They are territorial and I have a family that I feed and they are trying to find the interloper

Best songbird in all the world! A nightingale sang ( casually) in an Australian backyard.

Oh wow, that is wonderful.

Yes! This bird is not simply singing. Some of this is not the butcher birds natural song. The earlier part of this song is imitating the resonance of human speech. Listen hard, and see if you can identify the other sounds. It may be your phone, mobile or radio. He also makes a parrot or budgie noise and something like a bulbul.

Extraordinary. Thanks.

Colombia (América) ¡Qué melodía más bella! ¿Será Yma Sumac? De siempre recordar esta ave. Gracias

SO much detail! Incredible.I wish scientists could find out more about bird song and what they mean.

This one of the best. The.most beautiful bird sound

HAPPINESS IS ??? BUTCHERBIRD VISITORS !!! I have 2 families that visit, each with 3 offspring from last Springtime. All babies survived this year. Could not imagine life without BUTCHERBIRDS

I think this bird is a reincarnation of a jazz trompetist! Or Ella Fitzgerald :) Amazing improvisation of jazz and electronic music :) Here in Romania we dont have this kind of birds, thank you for the video!

I have Grey Butcherbirds around the place all the time and love them but this is special!

Pure awesomeness

Wonderful ! Such a rich array of sounds. At times, she seems to really talk to you. Thank you for posting this

I once spent 6 weeks camping alone in the outback of York Peninsula. One of the many thrills of that experience was getting to hear a Pied Butcher bird sing from a dead tree miles from any humans. We have some pretty good singers in America but only our Mockingbird comes close. And it is very unusual for females of any species to sing. Butcher birds are amazing.

Beautiful little one 🖤

Andrena Forrest.. Awesome video! thanks for uploading.

Beauitiful, thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much Andrena for sharing these lovely singing birds with us 💞💞💝

He says my NAME! No joke, at 3.20 start listening and he will say Jess-i-ca. As a kid I would run around the house trying to figure out which parent or sibling was calling me. Found out it was some bird but never saw it. Only a few weeks ago at age 30 did I actually see the bird that calls my name haha Thank you, their so beautiful. We have Butch the butcher bird baby, his brother who is a little older and not as grey and their parents who LOVE to hang around. Every time I’m out in the garden Butch is right there with me waiting patiently for lawn grubs and curl grubs. I also have Renae and Frog Bird (named this because my partner and I couldn’t figure out what the noise was we were hearing, we looked through all the Aussie owls and frogs to find it was a possum! So he was named Frog Bird 💓) the possum couple and their baby unamed baby so far, waiting to hopefully see baby again soon as she’s been MIA. Mum hasn’t come around in a while and it’s hard to tell wether Frog Bird visiting or her) We have Pen and Teller the Magpie babies and their parents. Their first successful clutch after feeding plastic to their last two seasons babies 😢 Took some time in the council back area behind us where they live and removed all the rubbish people had carelessly thrown about. QLD Australia, we need to take care of our wildlife and environment. Big or small everyone can help 💓

Wonderful, so special to capture that on video and thanks for sharing.

I love the song of the butcherbird. Very beautiful call.

One came to my bedroom window and seranaded me wonderful sound

Amazing song:)

How beautiful 💖💖💖

So beautifulll...wonderful song..Thank you

I love the songs of butcher birds and I do miss hearing them sing now I'm in USA.

Brings back such fond memories! They are such a delight to have around. We used to have a family that we fed who even sang in the house. I cried when we moved to another area. Thanks for posting this serenade. ❤️❤️

this could be the birds life story !!!

The array of sounds this bird produces is honestly amazing!!

Woow. Wonderful bird and house.

Fell in love with this bird when I visited my children in Australia. Makes me homesick. Great performance. And better than the Hadeda Ibis!

In my memory of caloundra, but those have kind of their own tune!so calming

Sounds really beautiful.

Such a joyful sound!

Thanks for a great upload!

What wonderful singers they are! And what a fantastic video! Thank you!

OMG, what a beauty, I wake every morning to butcher birds, noisy minors, magpies, rainbow lorekeets, crimson and eastern rosellas, sulpher crested cockatoos and corellas. And then the crows start bossing peeps around. My butcher birds are elusive, not attention seaker like yours

Better than the average news reporter in December 2023.

Yes it was so beautiful as he/she sang for breakfast, they come everyday and let me know when they are there waiting for there food, we also get many as well other winged messengers that visit, they are such a blessing to watch and listen to.

We get one every morning,it sings very complex call and response songs. It truly amazing . Makes me think the bird must have been listening to jazz.

Why is it so relaxing ?

I love the butcher birds, they are so cute and friendly and have the best singing

Awesome I had a family of butcher birds that come to my house everyday some of them eat of my hand the other one is a bit weary and I have magpies aswell that visit everyday they have trusted us as they have brought their babies to my house aswell sometimes they will come inside the house they are highly intelligent birds and I love them ❤❤

I’m so jealous. I love these songsters but none in my area sadly. Glad to find videos like this though!

Oh thanks for posting. I was thinking how I miss them. I had one who used to come and sing for me to come outside! And here's your post! Lovely, thank you.

Wonderful, love that bird.

Wow this birds got so many repertoires no wonder hoomans learned alot from these wonderful creatures kudos to em ❤❤❤

What an amazing wonderful bird :) Your so lucky to have a friend like this speaking with you.

Missing the Butcher Birds ... thanx Andrena

Omg so butifle

this little guy could host a Radio show ☺

What an amazing repertoire - very impressive! Thanks for sharing

I use a Pied Butcher Bird's call for the ringtone on my mobile. You should see the reaction of other people when, for example, my phone rings in a coffee shop! They are of the same genus as our (Australian) magpie, which also has a lovely warble.

Thank you Jimmy they are beautiful messengerx

What a beautiful song!!

Oh wow, that is so incredibly beautiful!!! Amazing birds, Butcher Birds - completely delightful, and the they have such gorgeous songs. Thank you.

Isn't that just beautiful!

My habituated wild Red Vent Bubul does this except a lot more quietly, almost like he is whispering it. Love it!

Thank you. It is SO lovely.

I have a gang that comes for a daily treat of mince ..... such good flyers too ! 😊

Great!

This is so sweet. Thank you! :)

Magpies and butcher birds, buskers supreme.

SO Cute!

So many vicious birds in Australia with cute melodies...

there was a point i half expected to hear the tune from "close encounters of the 3rd kind". thumbs up.

Billy probably came because he could hear all the singing in your house. He wanted to join in. 😀

Love that sound

Love your message thank you.

Dear Andrena, thank you for this. " I LOVE this bird, even as he completes the healing tones in specific chakras, he then makes that funny 'cawark' sound to show it is done and then goes on to the next level. He is Great!!" Have you heard of our Healing Sound Seminar coming up in Hawaii in February with the Humpback whales and the dear Spinner dolphins (now often 400 of them!!) Wish you could come with our dear Elaine Thompson and share this bird film Joan Ocean Hawaii

Your ButcherBird appears slightly different to the ones in Southern Victoria. Mine are more black & white, & white chested. Thanks for posting the amazing Vid of your singing visitor, Beautiful Billy.

You have a super talented bird there