With their large size, bold pied plumage, and fondness for open areas, black-billed magpies are easily seen. They hop and walk on the ground with a swaggering and confident gait. Monotypic.
Magpies are arguably the country's most polarising bird. Named after their resemblance to the Eurasian magpie, to which they are not actually closely related, Australian magpies are a protected ...