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Black-billed Magpie

Pica hudsonia

Photo by Allen Hoof
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Field Notes

Description:

Large (~45-50 cm length overall) bird with black head and throat, white breast and wingtips, with some iridescent blue-green in the tail.

Habitat:

Urban area within large arid plain/prairie.

Notes:

Spotted foraging within a caravan (RV) park. There were actually several individuals observed. Also spotted several more of this species the previous day at a caravan park in Colorado, but will not make a duplicate spotting.

Reference Links:

Black-billed magpie, Black-billed Magpie | National Audubon Society Birds

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PublishedSeptember 29, 2014

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