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A magpie (Pica pica) with black and white plumage is perched on top of a rough, mossy log, facing left against a blurred natural background.
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Red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha) with a long blue tail, orange bill, and legs perched on a tree trunk in Sat Tal, Uttarakhand, Northern India. Hear the songs of many different birds.
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pigeon. pigeon and dove. member of the order Columbiformes, family Columbidae
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Magpie: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Nov 13, 2026
Modified link of Web site: The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Magpie. Oct 09, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Mirror-induced behavior in the Magpie (Pica pica): evidence of Self-Recognition. May 16, 2025
Added media. Dec 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife - Magpies (PDF). Dec 10, 2024
Article revised and updated. May 17, 2024
Media added. Oct 20, 2023
Links added. Sep 21, 2023
Add new Web site: British Trust for Ornithology - Magpie. Sep 06, 2023
Add new Web site: AZ Animals - Magpie. Jan 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Animal Corner - Magpie. Jul 25, 2022
Add new Web site: The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Magpie. Mar 25, 2017
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Magpie. Apr 04, 2014
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Magpie. Apr 04, 2014
Add new Web site: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife - Living with Wildlife - Magpie. Apr 04, 2014
Add new Web site: Burke's Backyard - Magpie. Apr 04, 2014
Add new Web site: Wildscreen Arkive - Magpie. Apr 04, 2014
Media added. Aug 07, 2009
Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Magpie. May 22, 2008
Added new Web site: Anderson's Creek Primary School - The Magpie. Dec 20, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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