Malayan black magpie
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For the large passerine bird native to southern Australia and Tasmania, see Grey currawong § Subspecies.
Not to be confused with Black-billed magpie.
The Malayan black magpie (Platysmurus leucopterus) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. Despite its name, it is neither a magpie nor, as was long believed, a jay, but a treepie. Treepies are a distinct group of corvids externally similar to magpies.[2]
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Malayan black magpie | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Genus: | Platysmurus |
Species: | P. leucopterus |
Binomial name | |
Platysmurus leucopterus (Temminck, 1824) | |
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