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[–] 3 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

No, I'm talking about birds like the Australian magpie, the Magpie-lark, Jay-thruses and the Black magpie. These and others are evidently named that way because they resemble Corvid Jays and Magpies, but aren't actually Corvids at all.

In fact that kind of thing is quite ordinary when it comes to common names.

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