Australian Magpie

Gymnorhina tibicen - Cassican flûteur

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Artamidés
Genus
:
Gymnorhina
Species
:
tibicen

Descriptor

Latham, 1801

Biometrics

Size
: 43 cm
Wingspan
: 80 cm.
Weight
:

Longevity

30 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a species of bird in the Artamidae family.

Subspecific information 8 subspecies

Gymnorhina tibicen tibicen (ne, ec to se Australia)
Gymnorhina tibicen papuana (sc New Guinea)
Gymnorhina tibicen eylandtensis (interior n Australia)
Gymnorhina tibicen tyrannica (coastal sc to se Australia)
Gymnorhina tibicen hypoleuca (Tasmania and islands in the Bass Strait)
Gymnorhina tibicen telonocua (sc Australia)
Gymnorhina tibicen dorsalis (sw Australia)
Gymnorhina tibicen longirostris (w Australia)

Foreign names

Cassican flûteur,
Verdugo flautista,
verdugo-flautista,
Flötenkrähenstar,
feketehátú fuvolázómadár,
Zwartrugfluitvogel,
Gazza australiana,
flöjtkråka,
Plystreskjære,
vrieskavec strakatý,
flétňák australský,
Australsk Fløjtefugl,
isohuiluvaris,
carnisser flautista,
dzierzbowron,
Ворона-свистун,
Jagal punggung-hitam,
カササギフエガラス,
澳洲钟鹊,
黑背鐘鵲,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

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Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Birds of Asia and Australia, David Alderton
Birds of Australia, Peter Rowland
Handbook of the birds of the world Vol.14, josep del Hoyo
ARKive, Christopher Parsons
Avibase, Lepage Denis
HBW Alive,
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest