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Bird name: Australian Magpie
Latin: Gymnorhina tibicen
Other:
Family: Cracticidae • Butcherbirds
Range: Australia, New Guinea

The Australian Magpie, a type of Butcherbird, seems pretty common in Australia. There are various subspecies, and hybrids of these, with different amounts of white on back,. Seen here in Perth.

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146 Cracticidae - Butcherbirds and Allies - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Cracticus quoyi - Black Butcherbird - New Guinea, N Australia
Cracticus torquatus - Grey Butcherbird - C, S, E Australia
Cracticus mentalis - Black-backed Butcherbird - SE New Guinea, NE Australia
Cracticus nigrogularis - Pied Butcherbird - Australia
Cracticus cassicus - Hooded Butcherbird - New Guinea
Cracticus louisiadensis - Tagula Butcherbird - SE New Guinea

Gymnorhina tibicen - Australian Magpie - SC New Guinea, Australia

Strepera graculina - Pied Currawong - NE, E Australia
Strepera fuliginosa - Black Currawong - Tasmania
Strepera versicolor - Grey Currawong - S Australia

Peltops - appear to be Artamidae
Peltops blainvillii - Lowland Peltops - New Guinea - New name
Peltops montanus - Mountain Peltops - New Guinea - New name