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Alternative name: Australasian Magpie

Photo by Tom Tarrant
Photo taken in Samsonvale, SE Queensland, Australia

Gymnorhina tibicen

[edit] Identification

37–43 cm. Black and white plumage, red eyes, wedge-shaped bluish-white and black bill.

[edit] Distribution

Australia and New Guinea.

[edit] Taxonomy

Nine or ten subspecies are recognized for this species. Australian Magpie is not a close relative of Magpies and Jays from other parts of the world.

[edit] Habitat

Parks, gardens and farmland.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes invertebrates.

The female builds a bowl-shaped nest from sticks, lined with grass and bark. 2-5 light blue or greenish eggs are laid and incubated for 20 days.

[edit] References

Wikipedia

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