The Grey Butcherbird lives in Australian woodlands and urban areas. Adults are black, grey, and white, with a hooked bill; captured prey may be hung up for later.
Adults have a black face and head, grey back and wings, white throat and underparts, and a small hook at the tip of the bill.
It watches from an exposed perch and pounces on prey, including insects, reptiles, and small birds or mammals.
It may impale or hang some prey in a branch fork or crevice for later, and also eats some fruits and seeds.
Juveniles replace the adult's black areas with olive-brown and have a buff wash over the pale areas.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.