Eurasian magpie: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Eurasian magpie lives – recorded in 61 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pica pica
Group	Crows, jays & magpies
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	61 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Mass	9.9 g (birth weight); 221 g (male organism, adult weight); 191 g (female organism, adult weight)
Diet (main food)	omnivore
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Corvidae

Where does the Eurasian magpie live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Eurasian magpie in 61 countries and territories across Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, People's Republic of China, Africa, Hefei, Krościenko. In Italy it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an Eurasian magpie?

Wikidata records the following for the Eurasian magpie: mass 9.9 g (birth weight); 221 g (male organism, adult weight); 191 g (female organism, adult weight).

What does an Eurasian magpie eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the Eurasian magpie as: omnivore.

Is the Eurasian magpie endangered?

The Eurasian magpie’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Eurasian magpie?

The Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Corvidae, genus Pica. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Eurasian magpie

The Eurasian magpie or common magpie (Pica pica) is a resident breeding bird throughout the northern part of the Eurasian continent. It is one of several birds in the crow family (corvids) that are designated as magpies, and it belongs to the Holarctic radiation of "monochrome" magpies. In Europe, the term "magpie" is used by English speakers as a synonym for the Eurasian magpie; the only other species of magpie in Europe being the Iberian magpie (Cyanopica cooki), which is restricted to the Iberian Peninsula. Despite sharing a name and similar colouration, they are not closely related to the Australian magpie, which is an artamid, only sharing the same clade (Corvides).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Eurasian magpie (revision 1377999290), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q25307 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).