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It is not closely related to the Eurasian magpie, which is a corvid. The adult Australian magpie is a fairly robust bird ranging from 37 to 43 cm (14.5 to 17 in) in length, with black and white plumage, gold brown eyes and a solid wedge-shaped bluish-white and black bill. The male and female are similar in appearance, but can be distinguished ...
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.
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In colloquial English, they are known as the crow family or corvids .
Pica is a genus of seven species of birds in the family Corvidae in both the New World and the Old.It is one of several corvid genera whose members are known as magpies.. Pica have long tails and have predominantly black and white markings.
Artamidae: woodswallows, butcherbirds, currawongs and Australian magpie: Corvoidea Paradisaeidae: birds of paradise Corvoidea Cnemophilidae: satinbirds (included in Paradisaeidae) Passeri incertae sedis, possibly close to Callaeidae Corvidae: crows, ravens, jays, etc. Corvoidea Corcoracidae: white-winged chough and apostlebird: Corvoidea
The common name comes from the call of the familiar pied currawong of eastern Australia and is onomatopoeic. They were formerly known as crow-shrikes or bell-magpies. Despite their resemblance to crows and ravens, they are only distantly related to the corvidae, instead belonging to an Afro-Asian radiation of birds of superfamily Malaconotoidea.
Update on Staffy and Magpie Besties Who Were Separated in Australia Is Full of Hope. Genny Glassman. April 5, 2024 at 5:26 PM ... Some happy news for those of us invested in the saga of a Magpie ...
Measuring 46–53 cm (18–21 in) in length with a 100 cm (39 in) wingspan and weighing around the 650 g (1.43 lb), the Australian raven is Australia's largest species of corvid. [4] The adult Australian raven is an all black-bird with a black beak, mouth and tongue and sturdy black or grey-black legs and feet. [24]