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Black-billed Magpie

Black-billed Magpie
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Corvidae
Genus:Pica
Species:hudsonia
Binomial name
Pica hudsonia

The Black-billed Magpie occurs widely in North America. Externally, it is almost identical with European Magpie, Pica pica, and is often considered conspecific. However, Sibley splits it as a separate species Pica hudsonia.

See also Yellow-billed Magpie



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