Talk:Magpie-lark

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This article seems to have a lot of text verbatim from http://www.bird.net.au/bird/index.php?title=Magpie-lark , im not sure who copied who

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 07:50, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They are not known to attack people.

This is very wrong. I myself witnessed the magpie-lark attacking people, two times around October 2007 and twice this year in September, all instances at the Fawkner Park and right in front of the Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road in Melbourne. The Magpie-larks swoop on people around (nearby their nesting tree) and peck people's eyes. In one instance the bird managed to peck right into the eye ball and the victim needed to see a doctor. They're very fast, attacking from behind and turning quickly into a person's face. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.51.160.32 (talk) 10:38, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Strange. If there is a published source which says this we can add it. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 17:58, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like a Magpie (not a Magpie-Lark) to me. Aviceda talk 18:04, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Link useless.

The link - While containing a parameter to take you to specific page, takes you to default page for site.