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Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Vol. 7: Boatbill to Starlings - page 583. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195539967. Other subspecies: Kaplan, Gisela (2004). Australian Magpie: Biology and Behaviour of an Unusual Songbird - page 5. Melbourne, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09068-1.
The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea, and introduced to New Zealand, and the Fijian island of Taveuni. [2] Although once considered to be three separate species , it is now considered to be one, with nine recognised subspecies .
The Australian magpie, Cracticus tibicen, is conspicuously "pied", with black and white plumage reminiscent of a Eurasian magpie. It is a member of the family Artamidae and not a corvid. The magpie-robins , members of the genus Copsychus , have a similar "pied" appearance, but they are Old World flycatchers , unrelated to the corvids.
Artamidae is a family of passerine birds found in Australia, the Indo-Pacific region, and Southern Asia. It includes 24 extant species in six genera and three subfamilies: Peltopsinae (with one genus, Peltops), Artaminae (with one genus containing the woodswallows) and Cracticinae (currawongs and butcherbirds, including the Australian magpie).
The Cracticinae, bellmagpies and allies, gathers together 12 species of mostly crow-like birds native to Australasia and nearby areas.. Historically, the cracticines – currawongs, Australian magpie and butcherbirds – were seen as a separate family Cracticidae and, according to the 2018 Cements List, they still are. [1]
The bird has a limited area of distribution but is widespread throughout the area and still common in many places. [5] Habitat Loss is the ongoing urbanization and agricultural development in California's Central Valley have led to the destruction and fragmentation of the Yellow-billed magpie's preferred nesting and foraging habitats. As groves ...
Online campaign to return magpie to former carers receives almost 70,000 signatures and support from state premier ... Australian magpies have been known to live up to 30 years.
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