Magpie-lark

Magpie-lark
male G. c. cyanoleuca, Adelaide
female G. c. neglecta, Darwin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Grallina
Species:
G. cyanoleuca
Binomial name
Grallina cyanoleuca
(Latham, 1801)
Distribution shown in green
Synonyms
  • Corvus cyanoleucus Latham
  • Gracula picata Latham
  • Grallina melanoleuca Vieillot
  • Merops picatus Shaw
  • Tanypus australis Oppel

The magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), also known as wee magpie, peewee, peewit, mudlark or Murray magpie, is a passerine bird native to Australia, Timor and southern New Guinea. The male and female both have black and white plumage, though with different patterns. John Latham described the species in 1801. Long thought to be a member of the mudnest builder family Corcoracidae, it has been reclassified in the family Monarchidae (the monarch flycatchers). Two subspecies are recognized.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Grallina cyanoleuca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22707425A131945945. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22707425A131945945.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.