Artist H. H. Calvert (Herbert Hepburn Calvert, 1870 – 1923)
Description
English: Magpie (1914)
Date 1914
Source/Photographer Digitization by Stepmars
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magpie_(1914).JPG

The Australian magpie (Cracticus tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. Described as one of Australia's most accomplished songbirds, the Australian magpie has an array of complex vocalisations.