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Adult with juvenile Taveuni, Fiji. 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]
A magpie that encounters the body of another magpie might approach it and peck at it carefully, as if saying, “Frank! ... feeding milk to the tiny female kit — the term for a juvenile fox ...
The pied currawong (Strepera graculina) is a black passerine bird native to eastern Australia and Lord Howe Island. One of three currawong species in the genus Strepera, it is closely related to the butcherbirds and Australian magpie of the family Artamidae. Six subspecies are recognised.
The magpie perch was first formally described in 1850 by the Scottish naval surgeon, arctic explorer and naturalist Sir John Richardson with the type locality given as King George Sound in Western Australia. [2] The specific name nigripes means “black foot”, referring to the colour of the ventral fins on a dried specimen. [3]
The pied butcherbird has been considered the most accomplished songbird in Australia, [25] its song described as a "magic flute" by one writer, richer and clearer than the Australian magpie. [29] Song melodies vary across the continent and no single song is sung by the whole population.
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]
Magpies are a protected wild species in Australia and play an important role in the ecosystem. Molly became famous on the internet after she was rescued as a chick by Gold Coast locals Juliette ...
Magpie goose at Fogg Dam in the Northern Territory. 1 species recorded [1 extant native] The family contains a single species, the magpie goose. It was an early and distinctive offshoot of the anseriform family tree, diverging after the screamers and before all other ducks, geese and swans, sometime in the late Cretaceous. The single species is ...