australian magpies are medium-sized passerine birds native to australia. typically black and white, this unusually pale member of the species likely is leucistic. leucistic birds have a lack of pigmentation that can display either as overall paler birds, like this one, or ‘pied’ birds.
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the australian magpie is a medium-sized black and white bird native to australia. despite their name, they are not ‘true’ magpies, or members of the corvid family at all; they are a part of the butcherbird family. however, they display similar intelligence and skills.
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an australian magpie, a medium-sized member of the currawong family, forages on the ground next to galah cockatoos.
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a pied australian magpie. typically, the birds are solid black and white; this bird’s appearance comes from leucism, a mutation that causes a reduction in pigmentation.
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this australian magpie is an unusual color mutation that makes it appear very different than most magpies. a color mutation sometimes called ‘cinnamon’ due to the look of the bird’s coloration, it results from leucism, a lack of pigmentation.
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