Eurasian magpie

Pica pica · Corvidae

The Eurasian magpie or common magpie is a resident breeding bird throughout the northern part of the Eurasian continent. It is one of several birds in the crow family (corvids) that are designated as magpies, and it belongs to the Holarctic radiation of "monochrome" magpies. In Europe, the term "magpie" is used by English speakers as a synonym for the Eurasian magpie; the only other species of magpie in Europe being the Iberian magpie, which is restricted to the Iberian Peninsula.

Where the Eurasian magpie lives

Recorded in United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Belgium and Italy (Europe).

Most records fall in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Västra Götaland, Stockholm, Hessen, Baden-Württemberg and Skåne.

See the Eurasian magpie’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 8,255,030 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.