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Definition of Grallina picata

Grallina picata
Magpie Mag"pie, n. [OE. & Prov. E. magot pie, maggoty pie, fr. Mag, Maggot, equiv. to Margaret, and fr. F. Marquerite, and common name of the magpie. Marguerite is fr. L. margarita pearl, Gr. ?, prob. of Eastern origin. See Pie magpie, and cf. the analogous names Tomtit, and Jackdaw.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail. Note: The common European magpie (Pica pica, or P. caudata) is a black and white noisy and mischievous bird. It can be taught to speak. The American magpie (P. Hudsonica) is very similar. The yellow-belled magpie (P. Nuttalli) inhabits California. The blue magpie (Cyanopolius Cooki) inhabits Spain. Other allied species are found in Asia. The Tasmanian and Australian magpies are crow shrikes, as the white magpie (Gymnorhina organicum), the black magpie (Strepera fuliginosa), and the Australian magpie (Cracticus picatus). Magpie lark (Zo["o]l.), a common Australian bird (Grallina picata), conspicuously marked with black and white; -- called also little magpie. Magpie moth (Zo["o]l.), a black and white European geometrid moth (Abraxas grossulariata); the harlequin moth. Its larva feeds on currant and gooseberry bushes.

Meaning of Grallina picata from wikipedia

- as Gracula picata. In 1843, Hugh Edwin Strickland proposed using the second name as it was the more accurate, resulting in Grallina picata. Formerly,...
- cucullata by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801. Later described as Grallina bicolor by Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Thomas Horsfield, it was later placed...
- leucophrys leucophrys from central and southern Australia, the smaller R. l. picata from northern Australia, and the larger R. l. melaleuca from New Guinea...
- flycatching. Spectacled monarch, Symposiachrus trivirgatus Magpie-lark, Grallina cyanoleuca Leaden flycatcher, Myiagra rubecula Broad-billed flycatcher...
- melanopsis Spectacled monarch, Symposiachrus trivirgatus (A) Magpie-lark, Grallina cyanoleuca Leaden flycatcher, Myiagra rubecula Satin flycatcher, Myiagra...
- Frill-necked monarch, ****s lorealis (E) Pied monarch, ****s kaupi Magpie-lark, Grallina cyanoleuca Leaden flycatcher, Myiagra rubecula Broad-billed flycatcher...
- melanopsis Spectacled monarch, Symposiachrus trivirgatus Magpie-lark, Grallina cyanoleuca Leaden flycatcher, Myiagra rubecula Satin flycatcher, Myiagra...
- Ochre-collared monarch, ****s insularis Magpie-lark, Grallina cyanoleuca Torrent-lark, Grallina bruijni Leaden flycatcher, Myiagra rubecula Steel-blue...
- egret Egretta garzetta Pacific reef-heron Egretta sacra Pied heron Egretta picata Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis Chinese pond-heron Ardeola bacchus (A) Striated...
- medium-sized insectivorous p****erines which hunt by flycatching. Magpie-lark, Grallina cyanoleuca Satin flycatcher, Myiagra cyanoleuca Restless flycatcher, Myiagra...