Eurasian
Magpie, Pica pica
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![]() The Eurasian Magpie used to be lumped in the same species with the North American Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia). But DNA studies showed the Black-billed to be more closely related to the North American Yellow-billed Magpie than to the almost identical looking magpie of the old world. |
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![]() A chase, characteristic of courtship among magpies. |