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Australian Magpie

Cracticus tibicen

Description:

The Australian Magpie had been placed in its own genus Gymnorhina, however several authorities, Storr in 1952 and later authors including Christidis and Boles in their 2008 official checklist, place it in the butcherbird genus Cracticus, giving rise to its current binomial name; they argue that its adaptation to ground-living is not enough to consider it as a separate genus - Wikipedia

Habitat:

A medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea

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1 Comment

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Beautiful Pictures!

Chicquita
Spotted by
Chicquita

2103, New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Apr 2, 2011
Submitted on Dec 24, 2011

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