Gymnorhina tibicen

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Gymnorhina tibicen - crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged

piping crow, piping crow-shrike

Australian magpie - black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies

genus Gymnorhina, Gymnorhina - in some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows

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These included Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen, Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca, Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora and Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys.

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Australian Magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen) are South Australia's State Government emblem.

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From the healthy birds trapped in Australia, non-lactose-fermenting bacteria were isolated from 4 (18%) of 22 magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen), 1 (10%) of 10 honeyeaters (Melithreptus brevirostris), 1 (3%) of 38 wrens (Malurus cyaneus), 1 (7%) of 15 fantails (Rhipidura fulginosa), and 2 (22%) of 9 chickens.