Magpie-larks are actually neither a magpie nor a lark, they are more closely related to fantails, drongos and monarchs. They will mate for life, and build a nest of plant fibres and mud to hold everything together. Which is why some people call them mudlarks.
The local indigenous people call them Dilabit.
Magpie-larks are one of an usual species of birds that sing in duets. It's actually pretty difficult to tell if it's just one bird singing. Each bird sings one note per second, separated by half a second.
They also do not like seeing their reflections, and I have had to turn a garden mirror around so that the magpie-lark would move on.
In the autumn and winter magpie-larks migrate to warmer places flying in large flocks...
4 comments:
Beautiful pictures, Gemel!
Most unusual bird there.
What an interesting bird. They are black and white like a magpie but their coloring patches are completely different.
A pretty bird.
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