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, 1758)

The Eurasian Magpie, European Magpie, or Common Magpie (Pica pica) is a resident breeding bird throughout Europe, much of Asia and northwest Africa. It is one of several birds in the crow family named as magpies, and belongs to the Holarctic radiation of "monochrome" magpies. In Europe, "Magpie" is used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie; it is the only magpie in Europe outside the Iberian Peninsula. Source: Wikipedia

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Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Corvidae
Genus:
  Pica

Scientific:
Pica pica

Citation:
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Reference:
Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.106

Protonym:
Corvus pica

Avibase ID:
1EB2E3C72A6B688A

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 Asia Minor
Pica pica fennorum: N Scandinavia and w Russia
Pica pica [bactriana or hemileucoptera]: western and southern Siberia (east to Lake Baikal) and central Asia, south to the Caucasus region east to Pakistan and northwestern India
Pica pica leucoptera: s Transbaikalia to e Mongolia and Altai Mountains
Pica pica melanotos: Iberian Peninsula
Pica pica camtschatica: N shores of Sea of Okhotsk to Kamchatka Peninsula
Pica bottanensis: E Himalayas to se Tibet and w China (Qinghai and Xinjiang)
Pica mauritanica: NE Mauritania to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia
Pica serica: southeastern Russia, northeastern China, and Korea south 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
Catalan:
garsa eurasiàtica
Czech:
straka obecná
Danish:
Husskade
German:
Elster
Spanish:
Urraca Común
Spanish (Spain):
Urraca Común
Finnish:
harakka
French:
Pie bavarde, P. de Delessert, P. du Maghreb ou P. orientale
Croatian:
Svraka
Hungarian:
Szarka
Icelandic:
Skjór
Italian:
Gazza comune europea
Japanese (romaji):
Kasasagi
Japanese:
カササギ
Lithuanian:
Šarka
Dutch:
Ekster
Norwegian:
Skjære
Polish:
sroka
Portuguese:
Pega-rabuda
Russian:
Сорока
Slovak:
straka obyčajná
Serbian:
svraka
Swedish:
Skata
Ukrainian:
Сорока звичайна
Chinese:
喜鹊
Chinese (Traditional):
喜鵲

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. 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])
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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Other related concepts

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

Other synonyms

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