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{{Taxobox
| name = Magpie
| image = File:Birds of Sweden 2016 35.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Eurasian Magpie, Sweden 2016
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Aves]]
| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
| familia = [[Corvidae]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = *''[[Pica (genus)|Pica]]''
*''[[Urocissa]]''
*''[[Cissa (genus)|Cissa]]''
*''[[Cyanopica]]''
}}

'''Magpies''' are [[bird]]s in the [[crow]] [[family (biology)|family]], [[Crow|Corvidae]]. They are general [[scavenger]]s and predators of insects, small mammals, and other birds' eggs and young.

The word "magpie" usually means the [[European magpie]] (''Pica pica'') in the [[genus]] '''''Pica,''''' they are a very common bird, found everywhere in Europe. Though elsewhere, there are other species of magpie. Most having a distinctive [[black]] and [[white]] appearance. 

== Other birds called "magpie" ==
There are other species of bird that are called 'magpies', though they are not true magpies. Oriental "magpies" are green and blue in colour, and belong to the genera ''[[:en:Urocissa|Urocissa]]'' and ''[[:en:Cissa_(genus)|Cissa]]''. 

There is also one blue and white magpie, the [[:en:Azure-winged_magpie|azure-winged magpie]] ''Cyanopica cyana''. 

There is the [[:en:Platysmurus|black magpie]], which is really a [[treepie]]. 

There is also the [[Australian magpie]]. It is not a member of the [[crow]] family at all. It is in the [[:en:Artamidae|Artamidae]] family. 

All of those birds are in a different genera from ''Pica''. This is a good example of the confusion caused by common names, before the [[Linnaean system]] came into use.

== Description ==
Magpies are large birds. They often have long tails. Magpies eat lots of different kinds of food. They may eat baby birds, eggs and [[carrion]]. They may also eat seeds and other parts of plants.

Magpies are clever birds. They can pass the [[:en:Mirror_test|mirror test]]. This is when the bird sees itself in a [[mirror]] and understands that the bird reflected in the mirror, is itself. Contrary to popular belief, they do not have any attraction to bright, shiny things. 

== Related pages ==
*[[Yellow-billed magpie]]
*[[Black-billed magpie]]

== Other websites ==
* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/familia.phtml?idFamilia=188 Magpie videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://webkast.ww.com/ Magpie webcam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928200239/http://webkast.ww.com/ |date=2007-09-28 }} - Live webcam stream Magpies & Blackbirds nest

[[Category:Corvids]]

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