Eurasian magpie

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: Middle Pleistocene – Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Nominate subspecies in Russia Calls, recorded in England
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Corvidae
Genus:	Pica
Species:	P. pica
Binomial name
Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
See text
Global range of the Eurasian magpie and its subspecies
Synonyms
Corvus pica Linnaeus, 1758

Pica pica pica

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

• General licences under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981

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