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Unlike yours, our magpies aren’t corvids. Our only native corvids are a couple of species of ravens and crows.

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faythofdragons@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
The british colonies all share the same trait of having animals that are named after superficially similar European animals. It’s like how the American Robin and the European Robin are two completely different birds that just look sorta similar.

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El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Oh, I didn’t know that, what are they most closely related to then?

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- Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Other Artamidae like butcherbirds and currawongs
  
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  - El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Looks like you just handed me a new Rabbit Hole to dive into, lol.
    
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