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Australian Magpie

• Element 1: Emblem

  Behaviour - swooping

  In spring a small minority of breeding magpies (almost always males) become aggressive and swoop and attack those who approach their nests.

• Element 2: Pattern

  Diet - insects

  The Australian magpie is omnivorous, eating various items located at or near ground level including invertebrates such as earthworms, millipedes, snails, spiders and scorpions as well as a wide variety of insects—cockroaches, ants, beetles, cicadas, moths and caterpillars and other larvae.