The Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen is conspicuously piebald black and white feathers reminding of an European Magpie, but it is not corvid at all. The black and white Magpie moth is also named for its appearance.
A young Australian Magpie
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: The Australian magpie is a conspicuous black and white bird with a pointed, black-tipped bill. The male is glossy black with a white nape, shoulder and wing band and a white rump. The male undertail coverts and tail are tipped with black.
In contrast, over the same geographic range, black-backed (northern) and white-backed (southern) Australian Magpies do not blend from one type to another: northern populations have black backs, southern populations white backs, ...
Cracticidae
Gymnorhina tibicen. Australian magpie
Emberizidae
Emberiza citrinella. Yellowhammer
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Australian Magpie Illustration
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 See also: Magpie, Raven, Sparrow, Parrot, Finch
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