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    The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea, and introduced to New Zealand...
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    The magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), also known as wee magpie, peewee, peewit, mudlark or Murray magpie, is a passerine bird native to Australia, Timor...
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    similar to magpies. The Australian magpie, Cracticus tibicen, is conspicuously "pied", with black and white plumage reminiscent of a Eurasian magpie. It is...
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    and similar colouration, it is not closely related to the Australian magpie. The Eurasian magpie is one of the most intelligent birds. The expansion of its...
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    The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This common waterbird is found in northern...
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    The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. Three subspecies...
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    Piping shrike (category Emblems of South Australia)
    flag of South Australia. The following words, endorsed by Professor Gisela Kaplan, an eminent Australian authority on the Australian Magpie, explain why...
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    Cracticinae (redirect from Bell-magpie)
    Australasia and nearby areas. Historically, the cracticines – currawongs, Australian magpie and butcherbirds – were seen as a separate family Cracticidae and...
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    Currawong (category Australian Aboriginal words and phrases)
    superfamily Malaconotoidea. Currawongs are not as terrestrial as the Australian magpie and have shorter legs. They are omnivorous, foraging in foliage, on...
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    woodswallows have an Australasian distribution, with most species occurring in Australia and New Guinea. The ashy woodswallow has an exclusively Asian distribution...
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    whistling duck White-faced heron Australian magpie Rainbow bee-eater Apostlebird Australian brush turkey Australian king parrot Black kite Cattle egret...
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    Butcherbirds are songbirds closely related to the Australian magpie. Most are found in the genus Cracticus, but the black butcherbird is placed in the...
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    of the public are invited to vote for their favourite Australian bird in an online poll. "Magpie beats #teambinchicken to swoop Bird of the Year title"...
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    dominating most other species except large birds of prey and the Australian magpie. They have been observed to attack larger birds of prey, particularly...
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  • may also refer to: Australian magpie, a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea Magpie cat, a bicolor cat...
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    Pied currawong (category Endemic birds of Australia)
    Australia and Lord Howe Island. One of three currawong species in the genus Strepera, it is closely related to the butcherbirds and Australian magpie...
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    Victoria, and to the south by the Great Australian Bight. The state comprises less than 8% of the Australian population and ranks fifth in population...
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    Australia. Predominant bird species in Australia include the Australian magpie, Australian raven, the pied currawong, crested pigeons and the laughing...
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    Big Swoop (category Public art in the Australian Capital Territory)
    Place, Civic, Australian Capital Territory. The sculpture was funded by a grant from the City Renewal Authority. It depicts an Australian magpie pecking at...
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  • lyrebirds and Australian magpies during mimicking, the author stated that the mimicry of the lyrebird was "impressionistic" while that of the magpie was "realistic"...
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    the genus Strepera, it is closely related to the butcherbirds and Australian magpie within the family Artamidae. It is a large crow-like bird, around...
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    The Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea), also called the Taiwan magpie, Formosan blue magpie (Chinese: 臺灣藍鵲; pinyin: Táiwān lán què), or the "long-tailed...
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    woodswallows) and Cracticinae (currawongs and butcherbirds, including the Australian magpie). Artamids used to be monotypic, containing only the woodswallows...
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    some of Australia's most famous birds, including the emu, sulphur-crested cockatoo, wedge-tailed eagle, superb lyrebird, Australian magpie, magpie-lark,...
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  • the unchanging backdrop of the magpies' call - remains unchanging. The phrase imitating the call of the Australian magpie is one of the most well-known...
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    Australia, including Tasmania. One of three currawong species in the genus Strepera, it is closely related to the butcherbirds and Australian magpie of...
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    pet in Redmond, Western Australia. It is the first fatal kangaroo attack reported in Australia since 1936. The Australian magpie often swoops people in...
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    Oriental magpie include Korean magpie and Asian magpie. A 2003 study comparing 813 bp mtDNA sequences led to the split of the Oriental magpie from the...
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    White-breasted woodswallow (category Birds of Australia)
    family Artamidae, which also includes butcherbirds, currawongs and the Australian magpie. The white-breasted woodswallow was formally described in 1771 by...
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  • Penguin Bloom (category Use Australian English from January 2020)
    family and their interactions with an Australian magpie named 'Penguin'. It was theatrically released in Australia by Roadshow Films on 21 January 2021...
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