[1] It contains just two species in two genera, the white-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) and the apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea).

Both species are tolerant of human modified habitats and will occupy farmlands and suburban areas, and even parks and gardens.

Their morphology is typical of ground feeding passerines, with long legs and short, rounded wings.

Both species respond to a human interloper by flying heavily to a nearby tree, where they wait for the disturbance to pass, often perching close together in twos and threes and allopreening.

[2] This family has a very long period of fledgling care, with full independence from the parents and helpers taking up to 200 days.