Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Laraska bishtgjatë |
| Arabic | العقعق الأوراسي |
| Armenian | Սովորական կաչաղակ |
| Asturian | Pega comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Sağsağan |
| Basque | Mika arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Сврака |
| Catalan | Garsa eurasiàtica |
| Chinese (SIM) | 欧亚喜鹊 |
| Croatian | svraka |
| Czech | straka obecná |
| Danish | Husskade |
| Dutch | Ekster |
| English | Eurasian Magpie |
| English (UK) | Common Magpie |
| English (United States) | Eurasian Magpie |
| Faroese | Skjóra |
| Finnish | harakka |
| French | Pie bavarde |
| French (France) | Pie bavarde |
| Galician | Pega rabilonga |
| German | Elster |
| Greek | Καρακάξα |
| Hebrew | עקעק זנבתן |
| Hungarian | Szarka |
| Icelandic | Skjór |
| Italian | Gazza |
| Japanese | ユーラシアカササギ |
| Latvian | Žagata |
| Lithuanian | Šarka |
| Mongolian | Алаг шаазгай |
| Norwegian | skjære |
| Persian | زاغی |
| Polish | sroka |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pega |
| Romanian | Coțofană |
| Russian | Сорока |
| Serbian | Svraka |
| Slovak | straka obyčajná |
| Slovenian | Sraka |
| Spanish | Urraca Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Urraca común |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Eurasian Magpie |
| Swedish | skata |
| Turkish | Saksağan |
| Ukrainian | Сорока звичайна |
Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Corvus pica
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.106.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europa, restricted to Sweden by Hartert, 1903, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, p. 19; and further restricted to Uppsala by Meinertzhagen, 1954, Birds Arabia, p. 79.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PICA
- pica
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SPECIES
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica Scientific name definitions
Steve Madge, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 21, 2018
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 21, 2018
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
Authors
Steve Madge, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan and David Christie
Recommended Citation
Madge, S., D. A. Christie, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.eurmag1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- April 21, 2018
- Eurasian Magpie (HBW) Pica pica
Authors
Steve Madge, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
David Christie and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Madge, S., D. A. Christie, and G. M. Kirwan (2018). Eurasian Magpie (HBW) (Pica pica). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.