Australian Magpie-lark

Order Passeriformes; Family Grallinidae (Mudlarks); Scientific name: Grallina cyanoleuca; Common name: Australian Magpie-lark; Alternative common names: Mudlark or Peewee the latter being a human translation of the Magpie-lark’s call – Pair bathing in a waterhole - Distribution in Australia: widespread and common throughout mainland Australia and Tasmania - Distribution outside Australia: southern New Guinea, Timor and eastern Lesser Sundas – Photographed: at Wanna Station, in the Gascoyne Region, Western Australia.