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The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea, and introduced to New Zealand, and the Fijian island of Taveuni. [2] Although once considered to be three separate species , it is now considered to be one, with nine recognised subspecies .
Magpies harass or attack swamp harriers (pictured) far more than they do to any other bird species in New Zealand. [5]The birds can be agonistic.During the breeding season, while nestlings are defenceless for the first 2–3 weeks, the fathers will be very protective and swoop anything they perceive as a threat to their young.
Magpies are ubiquitous in urban areas all over Australia, and have become accustomed to people. A small percentage of birds become highly aggressive during breeding season from late August to early October, and will swoop and sometimes attack passers by. [41] These magpies may engage in an escalating series of behaviours to drive off intruders.
A police officer in Queensland was given a harsh reminder that spring, and magpie swooping season, was just around the bend.“While travelling through Childers, on August 18, the officer was the ...
Online campaign to return magpie to former carers receives almost 70,000 signatures and support from state premier ... Australian magpies have been known to live up to 30 years.
Magpies also died as a result of eating poison set out for predators. [31] Black-billed magpies are considered a pest by some because of their reputation for stealing smaller songbird eggs. Studies have shown, however, that eggs make up only a small proportion of what magpies feed on during the reproductive season, and that other songbird ...
Australia is a continent, a country, and a land where kangaroos outnumber people. However, according to its most active online ambassadors, the place offers much more than the famous marsupial.
Together with three species of currawong and two species of peltops, butcherbirds and the Australian magpie form the subfamily Cracticinae in the family Artamidae. (Despite the name of the Australian magpie, this family of birds is not closely related to European magpies, which are members of the family Corvidae.)