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Eurasian Magpie

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q25307
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Summary

Eurasian Magpie is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.28% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,977 views/month, #545 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Pica[5]
  • Taxon name: Pica pica[6]
  • Part of: magpie[7]
  • Commons category: Pica pica[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pica pica[9]
  • Commons gallery: Pica pica[10]
  • Main food source: omnivore[11]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[12]
  • Original combination: Corvus pica[13]
  • Short name: P. pica[14]
  • Taxon common name: Eurasian Magpie[15], Urraca común[16], Elster[17], Pie bavarde[18], Gazza[19], Ekster[20], Husskade[21], Skjære[22], Сорока[23], garsa[24], straka obecná[25], harakas[26], カササギ[27], harakka[28]

Body

Identifiers

Eurasian Magpie's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 34924[29]. Eurasian Magpie's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5229490[30]. Eurasian Magpie's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179720[31].

Why It Matters

Eurasian Magpie has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 93 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

People's Republic of China Seoul

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · ~2026-54032-99 · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Litter size → {'amount': '+55'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'ban', 'bat_smg', 'be'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Litter size: 55"
  2. 4w ago · StorchPDF · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14880 → 68625
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14880: 68625, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273246|batch #273246]]"
  3. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C2561
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C2561, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  4. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Icon → Black-billed Magpie.svg
    Image → Eurasian magpie (10860).jpg, Magpie in Madrid (Spain) 74.jpg, Magpie in Ladakh.JPG +1
    P14635 → Pica pica footprints H2934 Harakanvarpaat lumessa C.jpg
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01585039-n
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main food source → omnivore
    Wingspan → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+56'}
    Part of → magpie
    Original combination → Corvus pica
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 8793, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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