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The Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca) is a bird found in Australia. Lawns, ponds and open land across Australia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, reptiles and frogs and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Magpie-lark lives

Lawns, ponds and open land across Australia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs70%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs20%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts10%

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

Conservation status

Hear the Magpie-lark

Recorded by Faustino Hollmann (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1176847. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Magpie-lark

Where does the Magpie-lark live?

The Magpie-lark lives in Australia. Lawns, ponds and open land across Australia.

What does the Magpie-lark eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 70%), reptiles and frogs (about 20%), seeds and nuts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Magpie-lark endangered?

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

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Laughing Kookaburra
• North Island Brown Kiwi
• Greater Bird-of-paradise
• Emu
• Galah
• Superb Lyrebird

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