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Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes are common summer inhabitants of woodlands. They forage in trees, and sometimes on open paddocks, for caterpillars, other insects, and occasionally fruit. They fly from tree to tree, often alighting on a prominent vantage perch from where they can pounce on their prey. Their call is a repeated shirring noise.

As partial migrants they are present throughout the year but in lower numbers in winter. A small dip between October and March results from some birds leaving the suburbs to breed. Numbers have declined, particularly over the last seven years of the survey.

Most breeding records are of nesting from about mid-November to early January, and dependent young from December to mid-April. A breeding cycle of 14 weeks is suggested. R=12. BR=14.

 

 
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