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Magpies are birds of various species of the family Corvidae.Like other members of their family, they are widely considered to be intelligent creatures. The Eurasian magpie, for instance, is thought to rank among the world's most intelligent creatures, [1] [2] and is one of the few nonmammalian species able to recognize itself in a mirror test. [3]
The Eurasian magpie or common magpie (Pica pica) 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.
The black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia), also known as the American magpie, is a bird in the corvid family found in the western half of North America.It is black and white, with the wings and tail showing black areas and iridescent hints of blue and blue-green.
Often Iberian magpies find food as a family group or several groups making flocks of up to 70 birds. The largest groups congregate after the breeding season and throughout the winter months. Their diet consists mainly of acorns ( oak seeds) and pine nuts , extensively supplemented by invertebrates and their larvae, soft fruits and berries, and ...
The diet is the omnivorous one typical of the crow family. The nest is also typical of the family: a big cup of sticks lined with softer material. The female lays 3 to 7 whitish eggs with brown and gray spots. [9] This species interbreeds with the white-throated magpie-jay in Jalisco and Colima
The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea, and introduced to New Zealand, and the Fijian island of Taveuni. [2] Although once considered to be three separate species, it is now considered to be one, with nine recognised subspecies.
The yellow-breasted magpie can eat a lot of different things, as it is carnivorous. Its diet includes small frogs, insects, eggs of snakes and lizards, and nestlings. [citation needed] The insects from its diet eat a lot of lutein-rich plants, which is a yellow carotenoid pigment.
The yellow-billed magpie (Pica nuttalli), also known as the California magpie, is a large corvid that inhabits California's Central Valley and the adjacent chaparral foothills and mountains. Apart from its having a yellow bill and a yellow streak around the eye, it is virtually identical to the black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia) found in much ...