unknown visitor - 2008/10/11 07:54These birds seem to be visitors here (Darwin) in the dry season and fairly shy, so unfortunately a good photo has been hard to get.
unknown visitor - 2008/10/11 17:44Welcome to the forum, Jim. I hope you will like it here
It does resemble the black crow a bit except for the white band around the beak. Also it is a tad bit more slender I believe. You got me curious now and I hope I will find out (if so, I will, obviously, let you know. here)