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The black-billed magpie builds domed nests which are made up of twigs and are located near the top of trees, usually housing six to seven eggs. Incubation, by the female only, starts when the clutch is complete, and lasts 16–21 days. The nestling period is three to four weeks. Black-billed magpies in the wild have a lifespan of six to seven ...
Like the other magpies, the Oriental magpie is a member of the large radiation of mainly Holarctic corvids, which also includes the typical crows and ravens nutcrackers and Old World jays. The long tail might be plesiomorphic for this group, as it is also found in the tropical Asian magpies ( Cissa and Urocissa ) as well as in most of the very ...
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Black-billed magpie ... bluish gray in color and have the typical insectivore's long sharp bill. Many species have distinctive black head patterns (especially males ...
Black-billed magpie ... bluish gray in color and have the typical insectivore's long sharp bill. Many species have distinctive black head patterns (especially males ...
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[5] [6] The magpie was moved to a separate genus Pica by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. [5] [7] [8] Pica is the Classical Latin word for this magpie. [9] The Eurasian magpie is almost identical in appearance to the North American black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia) and at one time the two species were considered to be ...