Australian Magpie Juvenile, front | Australian Magpie Male, front | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | ||||
Order: | Perching Birds (Passeriformes) | ||||
Family: | Crow (Artamidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) | ||||
This Photo: | Male, back | ||||
Synonym: | Cracticus tibicen | ||||
Thank you Antoni Camozzato for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Flinders Ranges, Coastal Areas and elsewhere Black and white. Females have more grey instead of white. Raven-like. Have a gentle warbling song. We get two races at Ellura, one with a completely white back, and the other with a black band across the back. Far more timid in the wild than in urban areas. | |||||
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