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Black-billed Magpie

Pica hudsonia

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Corvidae

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. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of Pica pica (Eurasian magpie), but was separated as a species in its own in 2000 based on genetic studies.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 1