Australian magpie (Cracticus tibicen) Magpie in flight - female, subsp. Cracticus tibicen tyrannica. Taken in Swifts Creek, Victoria in December 2007
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The Australian magpie (Cracticus tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. A member of the Artamidae, the Australian magpie is classified in the butcherbird genus Cracticus and is most closely related to the black butcherbird (Cracticus quoyi). It is not, however, related to the European magpie, which is a corvid.
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Artamidae
Genus: Cracticus
Species: Cracticus tibicen (Latham, 1801)
Synonyms: Gymnorhina tibicen
