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title: "Australian Magpie"
description: "Gymnorhina tibicen — Uccelli. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/australian-magpie
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Australian Magpie

> Gymnorhina tibicen — Uccelli. 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.

- Scientific name: *Gymnorhina tibicen*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 66480
- Wikidata: [Q1140949](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1140949)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8575](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8575)

## Names

- en: Australian Magpie
- de: Flötenvogel
- es: Urraca Canora
- fr: Cassican flûteur
- nl: Zwartrugfluitvogel
- pl: Dzierzbowron

## Countries with the most observations

AU (59611), NZ (3775), FJ (31)

## Summary

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. Although once considered to be three separate species, it is now considered to be one, with nine recognised subspecies. A member of the Artamidae, the Australian magpie is placed in its own genus Gymnorhina and is most closely related to the black butcherbird (Melloria quoyi). It is not closely related to the Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) or any other birds known as magpies, which are corvids.
The adult Australian magpie is a fairly…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_magpie

## Photo

![Australian Magpie](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/australian-magpie/medium.jpg)

Photo: Bethlea Bell · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/279623832

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/australian-magpie?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).