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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 ...
The Australian magpie, Cracticus tibicen, is conspicuously "pied", with black and white plumage reminiscent of a Eurasian magpie. It is a member of the family Artamidae and not a corvid. The magpie-robins , members of the genus Copsychus , have a similar "pied" appearance, but they are Old World flycatchers , unrelated to the corvids.
[3] [4] Pica is the Latin word for the Eurasian magpie. [ 5 ] In 2018, a molecular phylogenetic study found that the Eurasian magpie consisted of multiple species including the Maghreb magpie , the Asir magpie , the black-rumped magpie and the oriental magpie .
The word "magpie" comes from a combination of "Mag", which was a nickname for Margaret, and "pie", which was the Middle English word for the Eurasian magpie. The name Margaret was associated with chattiness in the early 15th century, and was applied to the magpie because its vocalizations were thought to sound like a person chattering.
Eurasian blackcap; Eurasian bullfinch; Eurasian collared dove; Eurasian coot; Eurasian crag martin; Eurasian curlew; Eurasian golden oriole; Eurasian hoopoe; Eurasian jay; Eurasian magpie; Eurasian nuthatch; Eurasian oystercatcher; Eurasian penduline tit; Eurasian scops owl; Eurasian siskin; Eurasian skylark; Eurasian sparrowhawk; Eurasian ...
This article follows a common definition of Europe as being bounded to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, to the east and north-east by the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, and the Caspian Sea, and to the south-east by the Caucasus Mountains, the Black Sea, and the waterways connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
White stork on Russia stamp 1995. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Russia.The avifauna of Russia include a total of 810 species, 3 of which are endemic, 68 species are globally threatened, and 2 species are extinct.
The azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyanus) is a bird in the crow family. It is 31–35 cm long and similar in overall shape to the Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) but is more slender with proportionately smaller legs and bill. It belongs to the genus Cyanopica. It has a glossy black top to the head and a white throat.