Eurasian magpie Temporal range:
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Nominate subspecies in Russia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Genus: | Pica |
Species: | P. pica
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Binomial name | |
Pica pica | |
Subspecies | |
See text | |
Global range of the Eurasian magpie and its subspecies | |
Synonyms | |
Corvus pica Linnaeus, 1758 |
The Eurasian magpie or common magpie (Pica pica) is a bird that lives in Europe, much of Asia, and northwest Africa. It is one of several birds in the crow family named as magpies.
In Europe, "magpie" is used by English speakers to call the European magpie; it is the only magpie in Europe outside the Iberian Peninsula.