Black-billed Magpie

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Black-billed magpie Pica hudsonia
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Length: 18 inches
Large, striking bird
Black sturdy bill
Long, iridiscent tail
Black head, breast, back, rump and undertail coverts
White belly ...

Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica) is a local resident in northern and central Himalayas. Size: 45-50 cm Weight: 185 gm ...

Black-billed Magpie ( Pica hudsonia )
Black-Billed Magpie, Yellowhead Highway, North Of Jasper, Alberta
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details) ...

Black-billed Magpie Behaviour
No observations regarding Black-billed Magpie behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Black-billed Magpies ...

The Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica) is a large black and white bird (20 inches). It has a long tail and dark bill. The bill, head, breast and underparts are black, with lustrous green iridescence on the wings and tail.

Diet The black-billed magpie is an omnivore. It usually forages on the ground or for insects. It also eats slugs, snails, millipedes, spiders, fish, amphibians, reptiles, small mammals, birds, eggs, carrion, seeds and fruit.

Black-billed Magpie
Pica pica (Linnaeus)
Status One record. A bird on Brier Island on 18 May 1973 was discovered by Wickerson Lent and photographed by Wayne Neily.

Black-billed Magpie
Both Sexes
Black and white with long green-black tail.
Pica pica ...

Black-billed magpie
Class: Aves
Status: Common. Populations appear stable.
Crested seriema ...

5. Black-billed Magpie on the road to Seward
6. Steller's Jay on Fox Island in Kenai Fjords National Park
7. One of his friends decided to explore the kitchen. A worker escorted him out.

If cavities are unavailable, American kestrels nest in a variety of sites including niches in rocky cliffs, under the eaves of buildings, in old black-billed magpie (Pica pica) nests, in cavities in cacti, in unused chimneys, or in nest boxes [15,17, ...

The black-billed magpie, Pica pica, of W North America has iridescent black plumage, white wing patches and abdomen, and a long wedge-shaped tail. It is altogether about 20 in. (50 cm) long. Magpies build large, domed nests in trees.

Situated right off the Cook Inlet, this bed and breakfast offered brilliant views of eagles, ravens, beluga whales, and black-billed magpies.

American crows, black-billed magpies and forster's tern can sometime take eggs.

Though predators themselves, the young have been known to fall prey to several species of hawks as well as American Crows, Black-billed Magpies, and tree climbing bull snakes.

American Black-billed Magpie, Pica hudsonia - may be conspecific (of, or belonging to, the same species) with P. pica
Yellow-billed Magpie, Pica nuttalli - may be conspecific with P. pica/P. hudsonica ...

Closely resembles Black-billed Magpie, with black head and chest, white shoulders and belly, iridescent blue wings, and long tapered black tail. Bill is bright yellow. Bare skin behind eyes is also yellow, though not always clearly visible.

THE COMMON MAGPIE.
[Black-billed Magpie.]
PICA MELANOLEUCA, Vieill.
[Pica pica.] ...

I saw one pair of Tundra Swans. Land birds included: Gray Jay, Black-billed Magpie,Yellow Warbler, Wilson's Warbler.There were female moose along the road and high on the mountain Dall Sheep.

See also: Magpie, Crow, Raven, Jay, Common Raven