Change the Maggie's name?? Try for something easier first. Put your chair on
the beach and command the waves to go back. :)
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> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 12:07:10 +1000
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Piping Shrike is South Aus emblemic bird
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> When I correct a birding friend of mine who is hell bent on referring to our
> Black-necked (Satin) Stork as a Jabiru (a South American stork) he responds
> by saying well the Australian Magpie is not a real magpie, and I agree with
> him. We changed 'warbler' to 'Gerygone' and there have been other changes
> so I propose that, since the Australian Magpie is now in the genus Cracticus
> with the butcherbirds, that we change its name to 'Ground Butcherbird'. I
> am now entering my air raid bunker and securely locking the hatch!!!!
>
> Greg
> Dr Greg. P. Clancy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Holly
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 8:56 AM
> To: Birding Aus
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Piping Shrike is South Aus emblemic bird
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> There has always been confusion over this name because Piping Shrike was
> used as the name of the White-backed Magpie when the South Aust constitution
> was written.
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> Identification of the birdEdit
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piping_shrike#/editor/2>
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> Because the name piping shrike is not used to identify any bird, there has
> been some confusion over what bird it represents. While some think it
> resembles the Murray magpie <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie-lark>
> (Grallina cyanoleuca), the original reports specify that it is based on the
> Australian magpie <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_magpie> ,
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piping_shrike#cite_note-SMHGovernor-1> [1]
> and government sources specify the subspecies as the white-backed magpie
> (Cracticus tibicen telonocua formerly Gymnorhina tibicen leuconota).
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piping_shrike#cite_note-4> [4] The
> connection of this bird to the name piping shrike can be seen in this early
> observation by explorer Charles Sturt
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sturt> in the 1840s:
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> "GYMNORHINA LEUCONOTA GOULD., The White-backed Crow Shrike. This bird is
> somewhat larger than, and very much resembles a magpie, but the proportion
> of white is greater, and there is no metallic or varied tint on the black
> feathers as on the European bird. In South Australia it is a winter bird,
> and his clear fine note was always the most heard on the coldest morning, as
> if that temperature best suited him. All the species of this genus are
> easily domesticated, and learn to pipe tunes. They are mischievous birds
> about a house, but are useful in a garden. I had one that ranged the fields
> to a great distance round the house, but always returned to sleep in it."
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