Maghreb magpie

The Maghreb magpie (Pica mauritanica) is a species of magpie found in North Africa from Western Sahara east to Tunisia. It can be distinguished from the Eurasian magpie by the patch of blue skin behind its eye, the narrower white belly, the shorter wings, and the longer tail.[2]

Maghreb magpie
In Souss-Massa, Morocco
Marrakech, Morocco

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Pica
Species:
P. mauritanica
Binomial name
Pica mauritanica
Malherbe, 1845

A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018 found that the Maghreb magpie was sister to a clade containing all the other members of the genus Pica.[3]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Pica mauritanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  2. del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N.; Christie, D.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Maghreb Magpie (Pica mauritanica)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. Song, S.; Zhang, R.; Alström, P.; Irestedt, M.; Cai, T.; Qu, Y.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Fjeldså, J.; Lei, F. (2017). "Complete taxon sampling of the avian genus Pica (magpies) reveals ancient relictual populations and synchronous Late-Pleistocene demographic expansion across the Northern Hemisphere". Journal of Avian Biology. 49 (2): 1–14. doi:10.1111/jav.01612.
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