An Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen x Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis Hybrid in the Tanami Desert, Northern Territory

Abstract

An Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen x Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis hybrid observed in the Tanami Desert, Northern Territory, is described. The presence of an isolated Magpie population at a human-modified site surrounded by unsuitable habitat is suggested as he reason for the hybridisation.