Flight: relatively slow, with steady, rowing wingbeats, but the birds are easily able to quickly change direction in flight. Magpies usually swoop up or down to perch. While monotypic, birds in ...

Regarded as the "hooligans" of the wild bird population, magpies can cause damage to gardens, particularly in the breeding season. With their iridescent black and white plumage and long tails ...

When we attached tiny, backpack-like tracking devices to five Australian magpies for a pilot study, we didn’t expect to discover an entirely new social behaviour rarely seen in birds. Our goal was to ...

Up in the tree, magpies had built a nest from a staggering 1,500 pieces of metal spikes. Auke-Florian Hiemstra, the study lead author, described it as an “impregnable fortress” as birds use ...

Spring is in the air and with it comes swooping season for the infamous magpie birds. These iconic black and white birds, native to Australia, are generally charming songbirds, but during breeding ...