black-billed magpies are easily seen. They hop and walk on the ground with a swaggering and confident gait. Monotypic. Length 19". An unusually long-tailed black-and-white corvid with a black bill.

The composition of black and white differs between species ... In birds, including magpies and currawongs, bits of hard wings of beetles for instance, also get expelled via the beak.

An unwelcome silence has befallen suburbs and towns across WA as a deadly syndrome threatens to wipe out local magpies and ...

The white-throated magpie-jay is frequently one of the first birds that a visitor sees when they arrive on Costa Rica’s western coast that makes them think – Ooh. I’m somewhere tropical. They’re large ...

A relative of the crow, Korean magpies are black and white, with blue-toned wings. It used to be a tradition that instead of leaving baby teeth for the tooth fairy, kids in Korea would throw their ...