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Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
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Australia
January / February 2006
The Magpie-lark is distributed throughout mainland Australia except the arid interior and in New Guinea. It is found almost
everywhere except dense forest and arid desert but it requires both trees and a source of mud for nesting.
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The male, seen here in photo 1, has a white bill, a whitish eye, a black forehead and face with a white
supercilium and a broad white panel below the eye. The female, seen here in photo 2, has a white forehead and throat and a broad black band from the
crown through the eye and forming a black breastband. |
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The immature, seen here in photo 3, has a dark eye, a darker bill, a black forehead but a white
throat. |
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