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The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a bird found in Australia and New Zealand. Parks, farms and open woods across Australia and southern New Guinea. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, small mammals and birds and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Australian magpie lives

Parks, farms and open woods across Australia and southern New Guinea.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs70%
• 🐭 Mammals & birds10%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%
• 🦴 Leftovers (carrion)10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Australian magpie

Recorded by Romuald Mikusek (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1170181. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Australian magpie

Where does the Australian magpie live?

The Australian magpie lives in Australia and New Zealand. Parks, farms and open woods across Australia and southern New Guinea.

What does the Australian magpie eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 70%), small mammals and birds (about 10%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%), dead animals (carrion) (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Australian magpie endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō
• South Island giant moa
• Stephens Island wren
• Great Knot
• New Zealand Plover
• Black-fronted Tern

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.