Eurasian Magpie Pica pica Scientific name definitions
- Names (47)
- Subspecies (6)
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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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Laraska bishtgjatë |
| Arabic | العقعق الأوراسي |
| Armenian | Սովորական կաչաղակ |
| Asturian | Pega común |
| Azerbaijani | Sağsağan |
| Basque | Mika arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Сврака |
| Catalan | Garsa eurasiàtica |
| Chinese | 西方喜鵲 |
| 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 (French Guiana) | 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 Naturae ed.10 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.
Definitions
- PICA
- pica
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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)
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