Eurasian Magpie
Pica pica - Pie bavarde
Description identification
Subspecific information 6 subspecies
- Pica pica pica (British Isles and s Scandinavia to e Europe and Asia Minor)
- Pica pica fennorum (n Scandinavia and nw Russia)
- Pica pica melanotos (Iberian Pen.)
- Pica pica bactriana (c Russia to Iran, n India and Mongolia and w, s Siberia)
- Pica pica leucoptera (se Russia and ne China)
- Pica pica camtschatica (Kamchatka Pen.. ne Siberia.)
Foreign names
- Pie bavarde,
- Urraca común,
- pega-rabilonga,
- Elster,
- szarka,
- Ekster,
- Gazza,
- skata,
- Skjære,
- straka obyčajná,
- straka obecná,
- Husskade,
- harakka,
- garsa,
- Skjór,
- sroka (zwyczajna),
- žagata,
- sraka,
- Сорока,
- ユーラシアカササギ,
- 欧亚喜鹊,
- นกสาลิกาปากดำ,
- 喜鵲,
Habitat
Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Shrubland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas
Sources of information
- Les passereaux d'Europe, tome 1, P. Géroudet, M. Cuisin
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- HBW Alive,
- xeno-canto, Sharing bird sounds from around the world,
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes