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Female Australian Magpie feeding young
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This Magpie is a regular visitor to parks and gardens. They are attracted by meat scraps.
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Magpie Warning sign in Brisbane park. Some males can be quite aggressive during breeding season when they swoop down on the head of anyone passing their nesting area. They can draw blood if they make contact, but they usually pull up at last moment.
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AUSTRALIAN MAGPIE FACTS |
Description
The Australian Magpie is a common black and white bird. The neck, upper tail and shoulder are white in males, pale grey in females. In northern parts of Australia the back is black. In southern areas an Tasmania the back is white. The eye is brown.
Size
40cm
Habitat
anywhere there are trees and open areas. Common in urban parks and gardens.
Food
insects, larvae, scraps and handouts from people
Breeding
nest is a platform of sticks and twigs lined with grass and hair. The nest is built high in a tree.
Range
across much of Australia
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Artamidae | | Genus: | Gymnorhina | | Species: | tibicen | | Common Name: | Australian Magpie |
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