The Eurasian magpie or common magpie (Pica pica) is a bird that lives in Europe, much of Asia, and northwest Africa. It is one of several birds in the crow family named as magpies.
| Eurasian magpie Temporal range: | |
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| Nominate subspecies in Russia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Genus: | Pica |
| Species: | P. pica |
| Binomial name | |
| Pica pica | |
| Subspecies | |
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| Global range of the Eurasian magpie and its subspecies | |
| Synonyms | |
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Corvus pica Linnaeus, 1758 | |
In Europe, "magpie" is used by English speakers to call the European magpie; it is the only magpie in Europe outside the Iberian Peninsula.
Related pages
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pica pica.
Wikispecies has information on: Pica pica.
Other websites
- European Magpie videos Archived 2012-12-08 at Archive.today on the Internet Bird Collection
- Avibase Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
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