Now treated as separate species:
Orange: Maghreb magpie (Pica mauritanica)
Dark grey: Asir magpie (Pica asirensis)
Light red: Black-rumped magpie (Pica bottanensis)
Dark red: Oriental magpie (Pica serica)
Synonyms
Corvus picaLinnaeus, 1758
The Eurasian magpie or common magpie (Pica pica) is a resident breeding bird throughout the northern part of the Eurasian continent. It is one of several birds in the crow family (corvids) designated magpies, and belongs to the Holarctic radiation of "monochrome" magpies. In Europe, "magpie" is used by English speakers as a synonym for the Eurasian magpie: the only other magpie in Europe is the Iberian magpie (Cyanopica cooki), which is limited to the Iberian Peninsula. Despite having a shared name and similar colouration, it is not closely related to the Australian Magpie.
The Eurasian magpie is one of the most intelligent birds, and it is believed to be one of the most intelligent of all non-human animals.[2] The expansion of its nidopallium is approximately the same in its relative size as the brain of chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and humans.[3] It is the only bird known to pass the mirror test, along with very few other non-avian species.
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The Eurasianmagpie or common magpie (Pica pica) is a resident breeding bird throughout the northern part of the Eurasian continent. It is one of several...
Magpies are birds of the family Corvidae. Like other members of their family, they are widely considered to be intelligent creatures. The Eurasian magpie...
Oriental magpie from the Eurasianmagpie. It has been reproductively isolated for longer even than the yellow-billed magpie (P. nuttalli) of North America...
Iberian magpie (Cyanopica cooki) is a bird in the crow family. It is 31–35 cm (12–14 in) long and similar in overall shape to the Eurasianmagpie (Pica...
members of the family have demonstrated self-awareness in mirror tests (Eurasianmagpies) and tool-making ability (e.g. crows and rooks), skills which until...
between the jays and the magpies are rather complex. For example, the Eurasianmagpie seems more closely related to the Eurasian jay than to the East Asian...
The Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a species of passerine bird in the crow family Corvidae. It has pinkish brown plumage with a black stripe on...
The Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea), also called the Taiwan magpie, Formosan blue magpie (Chinese: 臺灣藍鵲; pinyin: Táiwān lán què), or the "long-tailed...
single Asian elephant, Giant oceanic manta rays, dolphins, orcas, the Eurasianmagpie, and the cleaner wrasse. A wide range of species has been reported...
independently in the wetter, maritime regions at the opposite ends of the Eurasian landmass. Along with the hooded crow, the carrion crow occupies a similar...
The Sri Lanka blue magpie or Ceylon magpie (Urocissa ornata) is a brightly coloured member of the family Corvidae, found exclusively in Sri Lanka. This...
are caught by Eurasian sparrowhawks in the breeding range, and by Eleonora's falcons on migration. Eurasian jays and Eurasianmagpies take eggs and young...
The western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula), also known as the Eurasian jackdaw, the European jackdaw, or simply the jackdaw, is a passerine bird in the crow...
and also large increases in the numbers of Eurasian sparrowhawks and European magpies. When the Eurasian sparrowhawk population declined because of organochlorine...
to other genera, the western jackdaw (now Coloeus monedula) and the Eurasianmagpie (now Pica pica). At least 42 extant species are now considered to be...
"pie," from "magpie", and "bald", meaning "white patch" or spot. The reference is to the distinctive black-and-white plumage of the magpie. In British...
range. The Eurasian tree sparrow's untidy nest is built in a natural cavity, a hole in a building, or the disused nest of a European magpie or white stork...
sea, much closer to the equator than it is now. Similar in size to a Eurasianmagpie, with the largest individuals possibly attaining the size of a raven...
the Central European variant of the grass snake Pica pica pica, the Eurasianmagpie Quelea quelea quelea, the red-billed quelea Rattus rattus rattus, the...
The common green magpie (Cissa chinensis) is a member of the crow family, roughly about the size of the Eurasian jay or slightly smaller. In the wild...
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