Prakruti Parichay
CorvidaePica

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

43–50 cmLarge
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Mountains of N and W Pakistan, and Himalayas in N India and N Bhutan. II Body is mainly ~ ~ black (With weak purple-and-green sheen}, with white scapulars, flanks and belly. Has metallic ~ '.\. '~ blolue-blackng 8, graduated, wings, and with white metallic bronze inner - green webs to and primaries purple. Juvenile showing resembles as a white adult, flash but in has flight. grey Tail ish- is ·,,{vi/ -t? rblack head and breast. Pp. bactrianaol the W Himalayas has a white rump, which is black in Pp. bottanensis of N Bhutan. Open cultivated upland valleys

Colour

WhiteBlackPurpleGreen
Average size
46.5 cm
Habitat
Open cultivated upland valleys
Behaviour
Resident.

About this bird

Resident. Mountains of N and W Pakistan, and Himalayas in N India and N Bhutan. II Body is mainly ~ ~ black (With weak purple-and-green sheen}, with white scapulars, flanks and belly. Has metallic ~ '.\. '~ blolue-blackng 8, graduated, wings, and with white metallic bronze inner - green webs to and primaries purple. Juvenile showing resembles as a white adult, flash but in has flight. grey Tail ish- is ·,,{vi/ -t? rblack head and breast. Pp. bactrianaol the W Himalayas has a white rump, which is black in Pp. bottanensis of N Bhutan. Open cultivated upland valleys

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Eurasian Magpie is bigger than Common Goldeneye but smaller than Lcob a Long-tailed Parakeet.

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Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

43–50 cm