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Bird name: Common Magpie
Latin: Pica pica
Other: European Magpie • Pie bavarde (Fr)
Family: Corvidae • Crows, Magpies
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The Magpie is the one bird that everyone (in Europe) can recognise immediately. It is found throughout Europe and much of Asia and northwest Africa. Common in most locations, throughout the year.

It is large, black and white, with some blue on wing. The only other magpie in Europe is the Azure-winged Magpie, found in Spain.More photos...

160 Corvidae - Crows, Jays, Magpies, Choughs, Ravens - IOC 2.5 2010

Platylophus galericulatus - Crested Jay - Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo

Platysmurus leucopterus - Black Magpie - Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo

Perisoreus infaustus - Siberian Jay - N Eurasia
Perisoreus internigrans - Sichuan Jay - WC China
Perisoreus canadensis - Grey Jay - N North America

Cyanolyca armillata - Black-collared Jay - Venezuela to Ecuador
Cyanolyca viridicyanus - White-collared Jay - Peru, Bolivia
Cyanolyca turcosa - Turquoise Jay - S Colombia, N Peru
Cyanolyca pulchra - Beautiful Jay - Colombia, Ecuador, N Peru
Cyanolyca cucullata - Azure-hooded Jay - Widespread Middle America
Cyanolyca pumilo - Black-throated Jay - S Mexico to NW Honduras
Cyanolyca nana - Dwarf Jay - SW Mexico
Cyanolyca mirabilis - White-throated Jay - SW Mexico
Cyanolyca argentigula - Silvery-throated Jay - Costa Rica, Panama

Cyanocorax melanocyaneus - Bushy-crested Jay - Guatemala to Nicaragua
Cyanocorax sanblasianus - San Blas Jay - W Mexico
Cyanocorax yucatanicus - Yucatan Jay - Yucatan Peninsula
Cyanocorax beecheii - Purplish-backed Jay - NW Mexico
Cyanocorax violaceus - Violaceous Jay - W Amazonia
Cyanocorax caeruleus - Azure Jay - SE South America
Cyanocorax cyanomelas - Purplish Jay - SC South America
Cyanocorax cristatellus - Curl-crested Jay - SE South America
Cyanocorax dickeyi - Tufted Jay - W Mexico
Cyanocorax affinis - Black-chested Jay - Costa Rica to NW Venezuela
Cyanocorax mystacalis - White-tailed Jay - SW Ecuador, NW Peru
Cyanocorax cayanus - Cayenne Jay - N Amazonia
Cyanocorax heilprini - Azure-naped Jay - NW Amazonia
Cyanocorax chrysops - Plush-crested Jay - SC, E South America
Cyanocorax cyanopogon - White-naped Jay - E Brazil
Cyanocorax luxuosus - Green Jay - S Texas to Honduras
Cyanocorax yncas - Inca Jay - Venezuela to Bolivia

Psilorhinus morio - Brown Jay - Widespread Middle America, also S Texas

Calocitta colliei - Black-throated Magpie-Jay - W Mexico
Calocitta formosa - White-throated Magpie-Jay - S Mexico to Costa Rica

Cyanocitta cristata - Blue Jay - C, E North America
Cyanocitta stelleri - Steller's Jay - W North America, Middle America

Aphelocoma ultramarina - Mexican Jay - SW USA to S Mexico
Aphelocoma unicolor - Unicolored Jay - C Mexico to W Honduras
Aphelocoma californica - California Scrub Jay - Washington state to Baja California
Aphelocoma woodhouseii - Woodhouse's Scrub Jay - NW USA (Oregon, Idaho) south to Guerrero and C,E Oaxaca
Aphelocoma insularis - Island Scrub Jay - Santa Cruz Island
Aphelocoma coerulescens - Florida Scrub Jay - Florida

Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus - Pinyon Jay - W North America

Garrulus glandarius - Eurasian Jay - Widespread Eurasia, Asia, also NW Africa
Garrulus lanceolatus - Black-headed Jay - C, SC Eurasia
Garrulus lidthi - Lidth's Jay - Ryukyu Islands

Cyanopica cyanus - Azure-winged Magpie - E, C Asia
Cyanopica cooki - Iberian Magpie - Iberian Peninsula

Urocissa ornata - Sri Lanka Blue Magpie - Sri Lanka
Urocissa caerulea - Taiwan Blue Magpie - Taiwan
Urocissa flavirostris - Yellow-billed Blue Magpie - Himalayas
Urocissa erythrorhyncha - Red-billed Blue Magpie - Himalayas, Southeast Asia
Urocissa whiteheadi - White-winged Magpie - Southeast Asia

Cissa chinensis - Common Green Magpie - Widespread Asia
Cissa hypoleuca - Indochinese Green Magpie - Southeast Asia
Cissa thalassina - Short-tailed Green Magpie - Java, Borneo

Dendrocitta vagabunda - Rufous Treepie - Widespread Asia
Dendrocitta occipitalis - Sumatran Treepie - Sumatra
Dendrocitta cinerascens - Bornean Treepie - Borneo
Dendrocitta formosae - Grey Treepie - Widespread Asia
Dendrocitta leucogastra - White-bellied Treepie - SW India
Dendrocitta frontalis - Collared Treepie - N India to NW Vietnam
Dendrocitta bayleyi - Andaman Treepie - Andaman Islands

Crypsirina temia - Racket-tailed Treepie - Burma to Java
Crypsirina cucullata - Hooded Treepie - Burma

Temnurus temnurus - Ratchet-tailed Treepie - Southeast Asia

Pica pica - Eurasian Magpie - Widespread Eurasia, also NW Africa
Pica hudsonia - Black-billed Magpie - W North America
Pica nuttalli - Yellow-billed Magpie - California

Zavattariornis stresemanni - Stresemann's Bush Crow - Ethiopia

Podoces hendersoni - Henderson's Ground Jay - C Asia
Podoces biddulphi - Biddulph's Ground Jay - NW China
Podoces panderi - Pander's Ground Jay - SC Asia
Podoces pleskei - Pleske's Ground Jay - Iran

Nucifraga columbiana - Clark's Nutcracker - W North America
Nucifraga caryocatactes - Spotted Nutcracker - Widespread Eurasia
Nucifraga multipunctata - Large-spotted Nutcracker - W Himalayas

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax - Red-billed Chough - Widespread Eurasia, also NW, NE Africa
Pyrrhocorax graculus - Alpine Chough - S, SC, Eurasia, also N Africa

Ptilostomus afer - Piapiac - E, C, W Africa

Coloeus monedula - Western Jackdaw - C, W, SW, Eurasia, also N Africa
Coloeus dauuricus - Daurian Jackdaw - E, EC Eurasia

Corvus splendens - House Crow - NW India through SW Thailand
Corvus moneduloides - New Caledonian Crow - New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands
Corvus unicolor - Banggai Crow - E Sulawesi
Corvus enca - Slender-billed Crow - Malaysia to Borneo, Philippines, Asia, also Sulawesi
Corvus violaceus - Violet Crow - Seram
Corvus typicus - Piping Crow - Sulawesi
Corvus florensis - Flores Crow - Lesser Sundas
Corvus kubaryi - Mariana Crow - Mariana Islands
Corvus validus - Long-billed Crow - N, C Moluccas
Corvus woodfordi - White-billed Crow - Solomon Islands
Corvus meeki - Bougainville Crow - Solomon Islands
Corvus fuscicapillus - Brown-headed Crow - New Guinea
Corvus tristis - Grey Crow - New Guinea
Corvus capensis - Cape Crow - NE, E, S Africa
Corvus frugilegus - Rook - Widespread Eurasia
Corvus brachyrhynchos - American Crow - Widespread North America
Corvus caurinus - Northwestern Crow - NW North America
Corvus imparatus - Tamaulipas Crow - NE Mexico and S Texas
Corvus sinaloae - Sinaloa Crow - NW Mexico
Corvus ossifragus - Fish Crow - E, SE USA
Corvus palmarum - Hispaniolan Palm Crow - Hispaniola
Corvus minutus - Cuban Palm Crow - Cuba
Corvus jamaicensis - Jamaican Crow - Jamaica
Corvus nasicus - Cuban Crow - Cuba, Caicos Islands
Corvus leucognaphalus - White-necked Crow - Hispaniola, Puerto Rico
Corvus hawaiiensis - Hawaiian Crow - Hawaiian Islands
Corvus corone - Carrion Crow - N, SW, E Eurasia
Corvus cornix - Hooded Crow - C, S Eurasia
Corvus torquatus - Collared Crow - E, C China, N Vietnam
Corvus macrorhynchos - Large-billed Crow - E Eurasia Eurasia, Asia, also C, S Malay Peninsula, Sundas, Philippines
Corvus levaillantii - Eastern Jungle Crow - N India to N Malay Peninsula
Corvus culminatus - Indian Jungle Crow - Peninsular India, Sri Lanka
Corvus orru - Torresian Crow - Widespread Australasia
Corvus insularis - Bismarck Crow - Bismarck Archipelago
Corvus bennetti - Little Crow - W, C Australia
Corvus tasmanicus - Forest Raven - SE Australia
Corvus mellori - Little Raven - SE Australia
Corvus coronoides - Australian Raven - Australia
Corvus albus - Pied Crow - Widespread Africa
Corvus ruficollis - Brown-necked Raven - S Eurasia
Corvus edithae - Somali Crow - N Africa
Corvus corax - Northern Raven - Widespread North America, Middle America, Eurasia
Corvus cryptoleucus - Chihuahuan Raven - SW USA to N Mexico
Corvus rhipidurus - Fan-tailed Raven - E, C, W Africa, SW Europe
Corvus albicollis - White-necked Raven - E, S Africa
Corvus crassirostris - Thick-billed Raven - NE Africa