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Anas strepera
Gadwall Gad"wall, n. [Gad to walk about + well.] (Zo["o]l.) A large duck (Anas strepera), valued as a game bird, found in the northern parts of Europe and America; -- called also gray duck. [Written also gaddwell.]
Strepera anaphonesis
Squeaker Squeak"er, n. 1. One who, or that which, squeaks. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The Australian gray crow shrile (Strepera anaphonesis); -- so called from its note.
Strepera fuliginosa
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.
Strepera graculina
Vanjas Van"jas, n. (Zo["o]l.) The Australian pied crow shrike (Strepera graculina). It is glossy bluish black, with the under tail coverts and the tips and bases of the tail feathers white.

Meaning of Strepera from wikipedia

- birds belonging to the genus Strepera in the family Artamidae native to Australia. These are the grey currawong (Strepera versicolor), pied currawong (S...
- The gadwall (Mareca strepera) is a common and widespread dabbling duck in the family Anatidae. The gadwall was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his...
- The black currawong (Strepera fuliginosa), also known locally as the black jay, is a large p****erine bird endemic to Tasmania and the nearby islands within...
- (Strepera graculina) is a black p****erine bird native to eastern Australia and Lord Howe Island. One of three currawong species in the genus Strepera,...
- (Strepera versicolor) is a large p****erine bird native to southern Australia, including Tasmania. One of three currawong species in the genus Strepera...
- (Corvus brachyrhynchos), tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor), gadwall (Mareca strepera), ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis), black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax...
- Riversleigh site in Queensland. It is early Miocene in age and is closer to Strepera/Cracticus than to Peltops. The bird was likely similar in size to the extant...
- Coues's gadwall (Mareca strepera couesi) or the Washington Island gadwall, is an extinct dabbling duck which is only known by two immature specimens from...
- Gadwall (Anas strepera) is the a duck of the family Anatidae. Gadwall may also refer to: Coues's gadwall or Washington Island gadwall (Anas strepera couesi)...
- K. johnnguyeni Genus Strepera Pied currawong, Strepera graculina Black currawong, Strepera fuliginosa Grey currawong, Strepera versicolor Subfamily Artaminae:...