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The White-winged chough (Corcorax melanoramphos) is a bird found in Australia. Eucalyptus woods across southeastern Australia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, seeds and nuts and small mammals and birds. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the White-winged chough lives

Eucalyptus woods across southeastern Australia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs50%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts40%
• 🐭 Mammals & birds10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the White-winged chough

Recorded by Romuald Mikusek (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC953369. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the White-winged chough

Where does the White-winged chough live?

The White-winged chough lives in Australia. Eucalyptus woods across southeastern Australia.

What does the White-winged chough eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 50%), seeds and nuts (about 40%), small mammals and birds (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the White-winged chough endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Mountain starling
• Noisy scrubbird
• Rufous scrubbird
• South Island kokako
• Flores crow
• Western bristlebird

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.