Australian magpie: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Australian magpie lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Gymnorhina tibicen
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Mass	16.2 g (birth weight); 300 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Cracticidae

Where does the Australian magpie live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Australian magpie in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia. Wikidata gives its range as: Indonesia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an Australian magpie?

Wikidata records the following for the Australian magpie: mass 16.2 g (birth weight); 300 g (adult weight).

Is the Australian magpie endangered?

The Australian magpie’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Australian magpie?

The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Cracticidae, genus Gymnorhina. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Australian magpie

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Australian magpie (revision 1378646963), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1140949 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).