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

Cassican flûteur
♂ adult
Cassican flûteur
immature

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

Cassican flûteur
♂ adult

Habitat

Cassican flûteur
adult

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
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

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