Pica pica (Eurasian Magpie)

Eurasian Magpie

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

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727011

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
FBBBA943D3AB65E8

Avibase ID:
avibase-FBBBA943

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FBBBA943

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
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Eurasian Magpie
Catalan:
Garsa eurasiàtica
Czech:
straka obecná
Danish:
Husskade
German:
Elster
Spanish:
Urraca común
Spanish (Spain):
Urraca Común
Finnish:
harakka
French:
Pie bavarde
Croatian:
Svraka
Hungarian:
Szarka
Icelandic:
Skjór
Italian:
Gazza
Japanese (romaji):
Kasasagi
Japanese:
ユーラシアカササギ
Lithuanian:
Šarka
Dutch:
Ekster
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Skjor
Norwegian:
Skjære
Polish:
sroka
Portuguese:
Pega-rabuda
Russian:
Сорока
Slovak:
straka obyčajná
Serbian:
svraka
Swedish:
Skata
Ukrainian:
Сорока
Chinese:
欧亚喜鹊
Chinese (Traditional):
西方喜鵲

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Eurasian Magpie [Black-billed] ( Pica pica [pica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Eurasian Magpie ( Pica pica) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Pica [pica or serica] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аКаұкаұ, аЛарҳәыҳә
Afrikaans: Ekster
Altai: саҥыскан
Arabic: العقعق الأوراسي, عقعق
Asturian: Pega, Pega común
Azerbaijani: adi sağsağan, ala sağsağan, Sağsağan
Belarusian: Cарока, Сарока
Bulgarian: Сврака
Breton: Ar big
Catalan: Garsa, Garsa eurasiàtica
Catalan (Balears): Garsa
Valencian: Gaig
Montenegrin: čkraka, svraka, svraka, čkraka, сврака, чкрака
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): сврака, чкрака
Czech: straka obecná
Chuvash: Чакак, чакакĕ ᴛᴍʟ, чакаксем
Welsh: Pioden
Danish: Husskade
German: Elster
Greek: (Κοινή) Καρακάξα, Καρακάξα
Greek (Cypriot): Κατσικορώνα
Emiliano-romagnolo: Argaza
English: Eurasian Magpie, Eurasian Magpie [Black-billed]
English (United Kingdom): Common Magpie
English, HBW: Eurasian Magpie (Eurasian Magpie)
English (India): Eurasian Magpie (Black-billed Magpie)
English (IOC): Eurasian Magpie
English (United States): Eurasian Magpie
Esperanto: Eŭropa pigo, pigo
Spanish: Urraca común
Spanish (Spain): Urraca común
Spanish (HBW): Urraca común
Estonian: harakas
Basque: Mika, Mika arrunta
Evenki: са̄дигэ, турача̄н
Persian: زاغی
Finnish: harakka
Faroese: Skjóra
French: Pie bavarde, Pie bavarde [nominate], Pie bavarde [pica]
Friulian: Badascule, cheche, chêche, gjaie
Frisian: Ekster
Irish: Snag Breac
Gaelic: Cadhag
Galician: Gaio, Pega rabilonga
Manx: Pieanat
Hebrew: עקעק, עקעק זנבתן
Croatian: Svraka
Hungarian: Szarka
Armenian: Սովորական կաչաղակ
Icelandic: Skjór
Italian: Gazza, Gazza americana
Japanese (romaji): Kasasagi
Japanese: カササギ, ユーラシアカササギ
Japanese (Kanji): 勝ち烏
Georgian: კაჭკაჭი
Kara-Kalpak: ҳәкке
Kabardian: къанжэ
Mongolian, Halh: алаг шаазгай, цагзгай, цагцхай, шаазгай
Khakas: Саасхан
Kazakh: алақанат сауысқан, кәдімгі сауысқан, Сауысқан
Kazakh (Transliteration): sawısqan
Korean: 까치
Korean (Transliteration): kkachi
Karachay-Balkar: къыжкъыж, сауусхан, чакъынджик, чакъынжик, чыкъын жик
North Karelian: harakka
Cornish: Pyasen
Kirghiz: кадимки сагызган, сагызган
Scientific: Corvus Pica, Corvus rusticus, Pica Linnéi, Pica pica, Pica pica [pica], Pica pica pica, Pica rustica, Pica rusticorum
Luxembourgish: Kréi
Ladin: Gacia
Lithuanian: Šarka
Latvian: Žagata
Macedonian: страчка
Mongolian: Алаг шаазгай, цагзгай, цагцхай, шаазгай
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠠᠯᠠᠭ ᠱᠠᠭᠠᠵᠠᠭᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠱᠠᠭᠠᠵᠠᠭᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Transliteration): alag shaazgai
Moldavian: Coțofană
Maltese: ċawla bajda, Kakarachi
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): шаазгай
Dutch: Ekster
Norwegian Nynorsk: Skjor
Norwegian: skjære
Napoletano-calabrese: Ciavula
Occitan: Gag
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): n’uakku, šn’uakan, šn’uakat, šn’uakku
Polish: sroka
Pinyin: gān què
Portuguese: Pega-rabuda
Portuguese (Portugal): Pega, pega-rabuda
Romansh: Giazla
Romanian: Coțofană, Coţofană
Russian: Cорока, Сорока
Yakut: сорока, соруока
Sardinian: Piga
Scots: Cadhag
Northern Sami: Skire
Slovak: straka čiernozobá, straka obyčajná
Slovenian: sraka
Albanian: Laraska bishtgjatë
Serbian: Svraka
Swedish: skata
Tajik: акка, аккаи думдароз, аккаи думдор, ало-шаrшаrа, касак, ک سک
Thai: นกสาลิกาปากดำ
Thai (Transliteration): nók kaaŋ-kʰĕen
Turkmen: alahekek, saksağan
Turkish: Saksağan, Сауысқан
Tatar: Аурупа саесканы, гадәти саескан , саескан
Tuvinian: Сааскан, сааскан саасканнар саасканы
Udmurt: йыртэмась, коӵо, коӵоос
Ukrainian: Сорока, Сорока звичайна
Uzbek: зағизғон, ҳакка
Vietnamese: Ác là, Bồ các
Sorbian, Lower: Kabeja
Sorbian, Upper: Škrěkawa
Kalmyk: шаазһа
Chinese: 喜鹊, 欧亚喜鹊
Chinese (Traditional): 喜鵲, 欧亚喜鹊, 西方喜鵲
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 喜鵲
Chinese (Taiwan): 喜鵲