Eurasian Magpie

SCI Name:  Pica pica
Protonym:  Corvus pica Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.106
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Corvidae / Pica
Taxonomy Code:  eurmag1
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.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

PICA
(Corvidae; Ϯ Eurasian Magpie P. pica) L. pica  magpie; "{Plumis basis rostri antrorsum incumbentibus, naresque tegentibus  {Rostro recto; apice deorsum inclinante:  {Rectricibus intermediis multo longioribus . . . . . Pica. Genus 15.   ...   **1. LA PIE.  Pica nigro-violacea; ventre & pennis scapularibus albis; imo dorso griseo; remigibus majoribus interius albis . . . . PICA" (Brisson 1760); based on "Pica" of Gessner 1555, Aldrovandus 1599-1603, and many other authors; "Pica Brisson, 1760, Orn., 1, p. 30. Type, by tautonymy, "Pica" = Pica pica, ibid., 2, p. 35 = Corvus pica Linnaeus." (Blake & Vaurie in Peters 1962, XV, 250). The bold and inquisitive Eurasian Magpie has been accused of decimating local passerine populations, especially in suburban environments.
Var. Rica.
Synon. Cleptes, Melanoleuca, Melanopica.

pica
L. pica  magpie.  In ornithology used also of birds which are pied black and white and, usually, long-tailed.
● ex "Alca minor" of Brisson 1760 and Strøm 1762, and "Mergus" of Belon 1555, Aldrovandus 1599-1603, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713 (syn. Alca torda).
● ex “Gobe-mouche pie de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 675, fig. 1, and “Gillit” or “Gobe-mouche pie de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Fluvicola).
● "SCOLOPAX PICA.  DIAGN. Corpus nigrum, Albo vero pectus, abdomen, uropygium, remiges secundæ, et dimidia pars caudæ.  ...  Statura S. Rusticolæ" (Scopoli 1769) (syn. Haematopus ostralegus).
● "48. CORVUS.  ...  Pica.  10. C. albo nigroque varius, cauda cuneiformi. Fn. svec. 76.  Pica varia s. caudata. Gesn. av. 695. Aldr. orn. l. 12. [c]. 12. Jonst. av. 44. t. 17. Will. ornith. 87. t. 19. Raj. av. 41. Alb. av. t. 1. p. 15. t. 15. Frisch. av. t. 58.  Habitat in Europa nido artificioso.  Degit ad pagos, inter hostes offensos sylvarum osor; legit quisquilias." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pica).

PICA
(Corvidae; Ϯ Eurasian Magpie P. pica) L. pica  magpie; "{Plumis basis rostri antrorsum incumbentibus, naresque tegentibus  {Rostro recto; apice deorsum inclinante:  {Rectricibus intermediis multo longioribus . . . . . Pica. Genus 15.   ...   **1. LA PIE.  Pica nigro-violacea; ventre & pennis scapularibus albis; imo dorso griseo; remigibus majoribus interius albis . . . . PICA" (Brisson 1760); based on "Pica" of Gessner 1555, Aldrovandus 1599-1603, and many other authors; "Pica Brisson, 1760, Orn., 1, p. 30. Type, by tautonymy, "Pica" = Pica pica, ibid., 2, p. 35 = Corvus pica Linnaeus." (Blake & Vaurie in Peters 1962, XV, 250). The bold and inquisitive Eurasian Magpie has been accused of decimating local passerine populations, especially in suburban environments.
Var. Rica.
Synon. Cleptes, Melanoleuca, Melanopica.

pica
L. pica  magpie.  In ornithology used also of birds which are pied black and white and, usually, long-tailed.
● ex "Alca minor" of Brisson 1760 and Strøm 1762, and "Mergus" of Belon 1555, Aldrovandus 1599-1603, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713 (syn. Alca torda).
● ex “Gobe-mouche pie de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 675, fig. 1, and “Gillit” or “Gobe-mouche pie de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Fluvicola).
● "SCOLOPAX PICA.  DIAGN. Corpus nigrum, Albo vero pectus, abdomen, uropygium, remiges secundæ, et dimidia pars caudæ.  ...  Statura S. Rusticolæ" (Scopoli 1769) (syn. Haematopus ostralegus).
● "48. CORVUS.  ...  Pica.  10. C. albo nigroque varius, cauda cuneiformi. Fn. svec. 76.  Pica varia s. caudata. Gesn. av. 695. Aldr. orn. l. 12. [c]. 12. Jonst. av. 44. t. 17. Will. ornith. 87. t. 19. Raj. av. 41. Alb. av. t. 1. p. 15. t. 15. Frisch. av. t. 58.  Habitat in Europa nido artificioso.  Degit ad pagos, inter hostes offensos sylvarum osor; legit quisquilias." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pica).

SUBSPECIES

Eurasian Magpie (Iberian)
SCI Name: Pica pica melanotos
melanotos
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back.
● ex “Chorlito lomo negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 401 (Calidris).

Eurasian Magpie (Eurasian)
SCI Name: Pica pica [pica Group]
PICA
(Corvidae; Ϯ Eurasian Magpie P. pica) L. pica  magpie; "{Plumis basis rostri antrorsum incumbentibus, naresque tegentibus  {Rostro recto; apice deorsum inclinante:  {Rectricibus intermediis multo longioribus . . . . . Pica. Genus 15.   ...   **1. LA PIE.  Pica nigro-violacea; ventre & pennis scapularibus albis; imo dorso griseo; remigibus majoribus interius albis . . . . PICA" (Brisson 1760); based on "Pica" of Gessner 1555, Aldrovandus 1599-1603, and many other authors; "Pica Brisson, 1760, Orn., 1, p. 30. Type, by tautonymy, "Pica" = Pica pica, ibid., 2, p. 35 = Corvus pica Linnaeus." (Blake & Vaurie in Peters 1962, XV, 250). The bold and inquisitive Eurasian Magpie has been accused of decimating local passerine populations, especially in suburban environments.
Var. Rica.
Synon. Cleptes, Melanoleuca, Melanopica.

Eurasian Magpie (Kamchatkan)
SCI Name: Pica pica camtschatica
camtschatcae / camtschatchensis / camtschatica / camtschaticus / camtschatkensis
Kamchatka, Siberia.
● ex “Kamtschatka Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Calliope calliope).
● Erroneous TL. "Kamtschatka" (= Princes I. Java); ex “Long-billed Warbler” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Orthotomus sepium) (so identified by Stresemann 1950).