The Eurasian Magpie’s bold patterns and brash behavior make it one of Europe and Asia’s most instantly recognizable birds. In strong light, this black-and-white bird shimmers with exquisite metallic-blue wings and a long, glossy green tail.

The range map depicts the boundary of the species' range, defined as the areas where the species is estimated to occur within at least one week within each season.

The Eurasian magpie has an extremely large range. The European population is estimated to be between 7.5 and 19 million breeding pairs. Allowing for the birds breeding in other continents, the total population is estimated to be between 46 and 228 million individuals.

Common and conspicuous, this flashy, long-tailed crow relative is unmistakable, and its loud chattering calls are a familiar sound in many areas. Found in open and semiopen areas from farmland and open woodland to towns and gardens, singly or more often in pairs or groups. Bulky stick nest often conspicuous in tall tree or hedgerow.

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The range of Eurasian magpies extends across temperate Eurasia from Spain and Ireland in the west to the Kamchatka Peninsula. These birds are normally sedentary and spend winters close to their nesting territories but populations living near the northern limit of their range in Sweden, Finland, and Russia can move south in harsh weather.

Distribution maps should be very cautiously looked at. They do not provide with precise location but only give an idea of species global distribution. Distribution areas are geopolitical; as a consequence the whole of a country is selected if a species is only located in one single place.

Eurasian Magpie: Scientific (Pica pica pica) Order: PASSERIFORMES: Family (Latin) Corvidae: Family (English) Crows, Jays: Other name(s) Breeding Regions: PAL: Breeding Range Subregions: n Eurasia from British Isles and w Europe to e Siberia: Nonbreeding Range Subregions: Countries (BETA)map:

Black-billed Magpies are familiar and entertaining birds of western North America. They sit on fenceposts and road signs or flap across rangelands, their white wing patches flashing and their very long tails trailing behind them. This large, flashy relative of jays and crows is a social creature, gathering in numbers to feed at carrion.

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