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American Magpie (Pica hudsonia)

Photographed in California, by Jim Rosso Formerly named the Black-billed Magpie but recently it has been split from the European race and made into a separate species. See Naming Birds.
American Magpie is found throughout the western United States while the Yellow-billed Magpie is found only in the Central Valley of California.

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Other members of the genus Pica:

Yellow-billed Magpie

American Magpie	(Pica hudsonia)
Photographed in California, by Jim Rosso	Formerly named the Black-billed Magpie but recently it has been split from the European race and made into a separate species. See Naming Birds. American Magpie is found throughout the western United States while the Yellow-billed Magpie is found only in the Central Valley of California.
	Songbirds	Natural History Notes