Pica pica [pica] (Eurasian Magpie [Black-billed])

Eurasian Magpie [Black-billed]

Pica pica [pica] (= Pica pica pica) (Linnaeus, C 1758)

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Corvidae
Genus:
   Pica
Scientific:
  Pica 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:
EAB6CAEF2EEC90A1

Avibase ID:
avibase-EAB6CAEF

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/EAB6CAEF

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179722

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
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Eurasian Magpie [Black-billed]
French:
Pie bavarde [pica]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Eurasian Magpie [Black-billed] ( Pica pica [pica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Eurasian Magpie [Black-billed] ( Pica pica [pica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Eurasian Magpie [Black-billed] ( Pica pica [pica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Eurasian Magpie [Black-billed] ( Pica pica [pica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Eurasian Magpie [Black-billed] ( Pica pica [pica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Eurasian Magpie [Black-billed] ( Pica pica [pica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Eurasian Magpie [Black-billed] ( Pica pica [pica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Eurasian Magpie [Black-billed] ( Pica pica [pica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Eurasian Magpie [Black-billed] ( Pica pica [pica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Eurasian Magpie [Black-billed] ( Pica pica [pica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Eurasian Magpie [Black-billed] ( Pica pica [pica])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Pica pica

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

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, Καρακάξα
Greek (Cypriot): Κατσικορώνα
Emiliano-romagnolo: Argaza
English: Black-billed Magpie, Common Magpie, Eurasian Magpie, Eurasian Magpie [Black-billed], Magpie
Esperanto: pigo
Spanish: Urraca, Urraca de Pico Negro
Estonian: Harakas
Basque: Mika
Finnish: harakka
Faroese: Skjóra
French: Pie bavarde, Pie bavarde [pica]
Friulian: Badascule
Frisian: ekster
Irish: Snag Breac
Gaelic: Cadhag
Galician: Gaio
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, Pica pica [pica], Pica pica pica
Luxembourgish: Kréi
Ladin: Gacia
Lithuanian: šarka
Latvian: žagata
Macedonian: Страчка
Mongolian: 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, sroka zwyczajna
Pinyin: gān què
Portuguese: Pega-rabuda
Romansh: giazla
Romanian: cotofana
Russian: Сорока
Sardinian: Piga
Scots: Cadhag
Northern Sami: Skire
Slovak: straka, straka obycajná
Slovenian: sraka
Albanian: Laraska bishtgjatë
Serbian: svraka
Swedish: Skata
Thai: นกสาลิกาปากดำ
Thai (Transliteration): nók kaaŋ-kʰĕen
Turkmen: saksağan
Turkish: Saksağan
Tuvinian: Сааскан
Ukrainian: Сорока
Vietnamese: Ác là, Chim ác là
Sorbian, Lower: Kabeja
Sorbian, Upper: Škrěkawa
Chinese: 喜鵲, 喜鹊
Chinese (Traditional): 喜鵲
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 喜鵲
Chinese (Taiwan): 喜鵲