NOUN | animal | family Cracticidae, Cracticidae | Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae |
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Meaning | Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae. | |
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Synonym | Cracticidae | |
Member of | Oscines, suborder Oscines, Passeres, suborder Passeres | Two names for the suborder of typical songbirds |
Members | Australian magpie | Black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies |
Cracticus, genus Cracticus | type genus of the Cracticidae | |
Gymnorhina, genus Gymnorhina | In some classifications placed in the family Laniidae | |
Strepera, genus Strepera | bell magpies | |
Broader | bird family | A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
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