New Zealand Birds

11001-89316 White-backed magpie (Cracticus tibicen tyrannica) the most common subspecies in NZ. Now considered closely related to butcherbirds, magpies were once placed in their own genus (Gymnorhina). This grey-naped bird is a female, the nape is white in the male. Otago Peninsula *

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11001-89316 White-backed magpie (Cracticus tibicen tyrannica) the most common subspecies in NZ. Now considered closely related to butcherbirds, magpies were once placed in their own genus (Gymnorhina). This grey-naped bird is a female, the nape is white in the male. Otago Peninsula *

89316 Australian whitebacked magpie Gymnorhina tibicen female Cracticus tyrannica