Australian Magpie
Brisbane
City Botanic Garden
15,17Oct2015
In the same genus, Cracticus as
butcher birds...are accomplished
songbirds...are onmivorous.
butcher birds...are accomplished
songbirds...are onmivorous.
Gymnorhina tibicen
(L14.5-17")
In a noisy standoff with a
flock of Austral. White Ibis.
flock of Austral. White Ibis.
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One BBC documentary featured a pet magpie
that loved to torment two domestic dogs by
imitating the alarm call of ducks.
that loved to torment two domestic dogs by
imitating the alarm call of ducks.
(Noah Stryker)
© Marc
Anderson
Anderson
xeno-canto
Gymnorhina in Greek means
bare nostril; tibicen in Latin
means trumpeter.
bare nostril; tibicen in Latin
means trumpeter.
© Wikipedia