Pica [pica, bottanensis, mauritanica or serica] (Eurasian, Black-rumped, Maghreb or Oriental Magpie)

Eurasian, Black-rumped, Maghreb or Oriental Magpie

Pica [pica, bottanensis, mauritanica or serica] (= Pica pica) (Linnaeus, C 1758)

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Corvidae
Genus:
   Pica
Scientific:
  Pica pica

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.106

Protonym:
Corvus pica

Type locality:
Europa, restricted to Sweden by Hartert, 1903, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, p. 19; and further restricted to Uppsala by Meinertzhagen, 1954, Birds Arabia, p. 79.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/124/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
1EB2E3C72A6B688A

Avibase ID:
avibase-1EB2E3C7

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/1EB2E3C7

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179720

Geographic range:

Pica pica [pica or galliae]: Europe from the British Isles, France, and southern Scandinavia to eastern Europe and Türkiye
Pica pica fennorum: northern Scandinavia and western Russia
Pica pica [bactriana or hemileucoptera]: western and southern Siberia (east to Lake Baikal) and central Asia, southward to the Caucasus region and eastward to Pakistan and northwestern India
Pica pica leucoptera: southern Transbaikalia to eastern Mongolia and Altai Mountains
Pica pica melanotos: Iberian Peninsula
Pica pica camtschatica: northern shores of Sea of Okhotsk to Kamchatka Peninsula
Pica bottanensis: eastern Himalayas to southeastern Tibet and western China (Qinghai and Xinjiang)
Pica mauritanica: northeastern Mauritania to Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia
Pica serica: southeastern Russia, northeastern China, and Korea southward through eastern China, Taiwan, and Hainan to northern Myanmar, northern Laos, and northern Vietnam
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Eurasian, Black-rumped, Maghreb or Oriental Magpie
French:
Pie bavarde, P. de Delessert, P. du Maghreb ou P. orientale

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Eurasian, Black-rumped, Maghreb or Oriental Magpie ( Pica [pica, bottanensis, mauritanica or serica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Eurasian, Black-rumped, Maghreb or Oriental Magpie ( Pica [pica, bottanensis, mauritanica or serica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Eurasian, Black-rumped, Maghreb or Oriental Magpie ( Pica [pica, bottanensis, mauritanica or serica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Eurasian, Black-rumped, Maghreb or Oriental Magpie ( Pica [pica, bottanensis, mauritanica or serica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Eurasian, Black-rumped, Maghreb or Oriental Magpie ( Pica [pica, bottanensis, mauritanica or serica])
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Common Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Common Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Pica [pica or asirensis]

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Related taxa

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Other related concepts

Pica [nutalli x pica] (hybrid)
Corvus cornix x Pica pica (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Ekster
Arabic: عقعق
Asturian: Pega
Azerbaijani: Sağsağan, Ziğ-ziğ quşu
Belarusian: Cарока, saroka, сарока
Bulgarian: svraka, Сврака
Breton: Ar big, pig
Catalan: Gaig, Garsa, garsa eurasiàtica
Catalan (Balears): Garsa
Valencian: Gaig
Czech: straka, Straka obecná
Chuvash: Чакак
Welsh: Pia, Pigen, pioden, Piogen, Y bi
Danish: Husskade, skade
German: Elster, Elster-pica
Greek: (Κοινή) Καρακάξα, karakaxa, Καρακάξα, Κατσικορώνα
Greek (Cypriot): Κατσικορώνα
Emiliano-romagnolo: Argaza
English: black-billed magpie, Common Black-billed Magpie, Common Magpie, Eurasian Magpie, Eurasian, Black-rumped, Maghreb or Oriental Magpie, Magpie
English (India): Eurasian Magpie (Black-billed Magpie)
Esperanto: pigo
Spanish: Arrendajo funesto, picaza, Urraca, Urraca Común, Urraca de Pico Negro
Spanish (Spain): Urraca Común
Estonian: harakas
Basque: Garsa, mika
Persian: زاغی
Finnish: Harakka
Faroese: skjóra
French: pie, Pie bavarde, Pie bavarde, P. de Delessert, P. du Maghreb ou P. orientale, Pie d'Arabie saoudite, Pie ordinaire
Friulian: Badascule, cheche, Gjaie
Frisian: ekster
Irish: Cabaire breac, Magaide, meaig, pega, snag breac, Snagaide
Gaelic: Cadhag, Pioghaid
Galician: Gaio, Garsa
Manx: pieanat, Pieannad
Hebrew: עקעק
Croatian: Svraka, Svraka maruša
Hungarian: szarka
Armenian: [Sovorakan Kachaghak ], Սովորական Կաչաղակ
Icelandic: skjór
Italian: gazza, Gazza comune europea
Japanese (romaji): chōsen garasu, Chousen garasu, Kachi-garasu, Kasasagi, kōrai garasu, Kourai garasu
Japanese: カササギ, カチガラス, コウライガラス, チョウセンガラス
Japanese (Kanji): 勝ち烏, 朝鮮烏, 高麗烏, 鵲
Georgian: კაჭკაჭი, ჩხიკვი
Khakas: Саасхан
Kazakh: Сауысқан
Kazakh (Transliteration): sawısqan
Korean: 까치
Korean (Transliteration): kkachi
Cornish: Kegin, piasenn, Pyasen
Scientific: Corvus Pica, Pica [pica, bottanensis, mauritanica or serica], Pica pica, Pica pica pica
Ladino: gacia
Luxembourgish: Kréi
Ladin: Gacia
Lithuanian: šarka
Latvian: žagata
Macedonian: Cтрачка, stračka, Сврака, страчка
Mongolian: Алаг шаазгай, Шаазгай
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠠᠯᠠᠭ ᠱᠠᠭᠠᠵᠠᠭᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠱᠠᠭᠠᠵᠠᠭᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Transliteration): alag shaazgai, shaazgai
Maltese: Kakarachi, Kakarachka
Dutch: Ekster
Norwegian: skjære
Napoletano-calabrese: Ciavula
Occitan: agaça, Gag
Polish: sroka, sroka (zwyczajna), Sroka zwyczajna
Pinyin: gān què, shén-nǚ, xǐ-què, yě quèzi
Portuguese: peda, pega, Pega-rabuda
Portuguese (Portugal): Pega
Romansh: giazla, Sgragia
Romanian: Coțofană, cotofana, coţofană, kakarachi kakarachka
Russian: soroka, Обыкновенная сорока, Сорока, Сорока обыкновенная
Sardinian: malabiga, mariabiga, mariapighe, pica, piga, pilica
Scots: athaid, Cadhag, Pioghaid
Northern Sami: skire
Slovak: straka, straka čiernozobá, Straka obyčajná
Slovenian: sraka
Albanian: Grizhël, laraska, Laraska bishtgjatë, Laraskë
Serbian: svraka, сврака
Swedish: Skata
Thai: นกกางเขน, นกสาลิกาดำ, นกสาลิกาปากดำ
Thai (Transliteration): nók kaaŋ-kʰĕen, nók săa-lí-kaa dam, nók săa-lí-kaa pàak-dam
Turkmen: saksağan
Turkish: Saksağan, Saksaşan, Сауысқан
Tuvinian: Сааскан
Ukrainian: soroka, сорока, Сорока звичайна
Vietnamese: Ắc cắc, Ác là, Ác là, Bồ các, Bồ các, Chim Ắc cắc, Chim ác là, Chim Ác là châu Âu, Chim Ác xắc, Chim Bồ các, Chim Hỉ thước
Sorbian, Lower: Kabeja, sroka
Sorbian, Upper: Škrěkawa, sroka
Chinese: [gān què], [shen-nu], [xi-que], [ye quezi], 喜鹊, 喜雀, 喜鵲, 喜鹊, 干鹊, 神女, 野鹊子
Chinese (Traditional): 乾鵲, 喜雀, 喜鵲, 神女, 野鵲子
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 喜鵲
Chinese (Taiwan): [xi-que], 喜鵲, 喜鹊