Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
Edit Page
Report
Scan day: 06 March 2014 UTC
75
Virus safety - good
Description: Learn about the history, habitat, and behavior of this New Zealand introduced bird.
New Zealand Birds | Birds | Gallery | Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen I would wish that we did not always seem to be finding some reason for persecuting and killing birds. In the past the Acclimatisation Societies, the forerunners of the Fish & Game Councils, declared an open season on the shags. They paid a bounty for each shag killed and between 1890 and 1940 many colonies were exterminated because it was thought they were eating trout. As I watch a flight of perhaps a couple of hundred fishing in the harbour, I wonder how long it will be before the cry goes up again to have them exterminated. Such wonderful birds; they fly so true and straight they have become a metaphor for rectitude.
Size: 711 chars
Contact Information
Email:Send Message
Phone&Fax: —
Address: —
Extended: —
WEBSITE Info
| Page title: | New Zealand Birds | Birds | Gallery | Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen |
| Keywords: | New Zealand Birds gallery, Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen, introduced, endangered, taxonomy, description, illustration |
| Description: | Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen, found in New Zealand Birds' bird gallery section, includes general information about the bird, taxonomy, description, where to find them and other useful and interesting information. The bird gallery links to in-depth descriptions of most New Zealand birds. |
| IP-address: | 210.5.55.122 |
WHOIS Info
| NS | Name Server: NS1.ACTIVEHOST.CO.NZ Name Server: NS2.ACTIVEHOST.CO.NZ |
| WHOIS | Status: clientTransferProhibited |
| Date | Creation Date: 09-aug-1999 Expiration Date: 09-aug-2014 |