Magpie-lark
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The magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), also known as wee magpie, peewee, peewit, mudlark or Murray magpie, is a passerine bird native to Australia, Timor and southern New Guinea. The male and female both have black and white plumage, though with different patterns. John Latham described the species in 1801. Long thought to be a member of the mudnest builder family Corcoracidae, it has been reclassified in the family Monarchidae (the monarch flycatchers). Two subspecies are recognized.
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Magpie-lark | |
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male G. c. cyanoleuca, Adelaide | |
female G. c. neglecta, Darwin | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Monarchidae |
Genus: | Grallina |
Species: | G. cyanoleuca |
Binomial name | |
Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1801) | |
Distribution shown in green | |
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