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Magpie-lark
Photo by Neil

Family: Grallinidae

[edit] Description

Mudlarks. Two mostly black-and-white species from Australia and New Guinea. Both share a similar plumage pattern and build their nest mainly with mud.

[edit] Taxonomy

Grallinidae would be a monotypic family in the Order Passeriformes.
The two species of the genus Grallina are now placed in the family Monarchidae.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2009. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553507

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