#1151 · 🐦 birds

Iberian Magpie

🇳🇱 Blauwe Ekster ·Cyanopica cooki

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Angel · CC BY-NC 4.0
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3. © Angel · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Thijs Valkenburg · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Angel · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Agustín Povedano · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Angel · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Angel · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Iberian magpie ( Cyanopica cooki ) is a bird in the crow family. It is 31–35 cm long and similar in overall shape to the Eurasian magpie ( Pica pica ) but is more slender with proportionately smaller legs and bill. It belongs to the genus Cyanopica .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,922iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
6,922 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850 (176 years ago).