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Eurasian, Black-rumped or Oriental Magpie

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

The Eurasian magpie or common magpie 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, which is limited to the Iberian Peninsula. Source: Wikipedia




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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:
  48CE29C5ADF5639A

Avibase ID:
  avibase-48CE29C5

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/48CE29C5

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 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 or Oriental Magpie
French:
Pie bavarde, P. de Delessert ou P. orientale

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Eurasian, Black-rumped or Oriental Magpie ( Pica [pica, bottanensis or serica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Eurasian, Black-rumped or Oriental Magpie ( Pica [pica, bottanensis or serica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Eurasian, Black-rumped or Oriental Magpie ( Pica [pica, bottanensis or serica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Eurasian, Black-rumped or Oriental Magpie ( Pica [pica, bottanensis or serica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Eurasian, Black-rumped or Oriental Magpie ( Pica [pica, bottanensis or serica])
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Pica [pica, bottanensis, mauritanica or serica]

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Afrikaans: Ekster
Arabic: عقعق
Asturian: Pega
Azerbaijani: Sağsağan
Belarusian: Сарока
Bulgarian: Сврака
Breton: Ar big
Catalan: Garsa
Catalan (Balears): Garsa
Valencian: Gaig
Czech: straka obecná
Chuvash: Чакак
Welsh: Pioden
Danish: Husskade
German: Elster
Greek: (Κοινή) Καρακάξα
Greek (Cypriot): Κατσικορώνα
Emiliano-romagnolo: Argaza
English: Eurasian Magpie, Eurasian, Black-rumped or Oriental Magpie
English (India): Eurasian Magpie (Black-billed Magpie)
Esperanto: pigo
Spanish: Urraca común
Spanish (Spain): Urraca Común
Estonian: Harakas
Basque: Mika
Persian: زاغی
Finnish: harakka
Faroese: Skjóra
French: Pie bavarde, Pie bavarde, P. de Delessert ou P. orientale
Friulian: Badascule
Frisian: ekster
Irish: Snag Breac
Gaelic: Cadhag
Galician: Pega
Manx: Pieanat
Hebrew: עקעק
Croatian: Svraka
Hungarian: Szarka
Armenian: Սովորական կաչաղակ
Icelandic: Skjór
Italian: Gazza comune europea
Japanese (romaji): kasasagi
Japanese: カササギ
Japanese (Kanji): 勝ち烏
Georgian: კაჭკაჭი
Khakas: Саасхан
Kazakh: Сауысқан
Kazakh (Transliteration): sawısqan
Korean: 까치
Korean (Transliteration): kkachi
Cornish: Pyasen
Scientific: Corvus Pica, Pica [pica, bottanensis or serica], Pica pica, Pica pica pica
Luxembourgish: Kréi
Ladin: Gacia
Lithuanian: Šarka
Latvian: Žagata
Macedonian: Страчка
Mongolian: Алаг шаазгай
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠠᠯᠠᠭ ᠱᠠᠭᠠᠵᠠᠭᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠱᠠᠭᠠᠵᠠᠭᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Transliteration): alag shaazgai
Maltese: Kakarachi
Dutch: Ekster
Norwegian: Skjære
Napoletano-calabrese: Ciavula
Occitan: Gag
Polish: sroka
Pinyin: gān què
Portuguese: pega
Portuguese (Portugal): Pega
Romansh: giazla
Romanian: Coţofană
Russian: Сорока
Sardinian: Piga
Scots: Cadhag
Northern Sami: Skire
Slovak: straka obyčajná
Slovenian: sraka
Albanian: Laraska bishtgjatë
Serbian: svraka
Swedish: Skata
Thai: นกสาลิกาปากดำ
Thai (Transliteration): nók kaaŋ-kʰĕen
Turkmen: saksağan
Turkish: Saksağan
Tuvinian: Сааскан
Ukrainian: Сорока звичайна
Vietnamese: Chim Ác là
Sorbian, Lower: Kabeja
Sorbian, Upper: Škrěkawa
Chinese: 喜鹊
Chinese (Traditional): 喜鵲
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 喜鵲
Chinese (Taiwan): 喜鵲

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