With their large size, bold pied plumage, and fondness for open areas, black-billed magpies are easily seen. They hop and walk on the ground with a swaggering and confident gait. Monotypic.

Many, on meeting the bird, raise their cap to it or even salute it to avoid bad luck. Seeing a lone magpie before going out ...

The Seychelles magpie robin (Copsychus sechellarum), a black-feathered bird about the size of a European blackbird, dwindled to fewer than 20 individuals on a single island in the Seychelles ...

With their striking black and white plumage, loud warbling voices and complex social behaviors, magpies possess a level of avian brilliance that fascinates birders and scientists alike. Phys.org ...

Spring is in the air and with it comes swooping season for the infamous magpie birds. These iconic black and white birds, native to Australia, are generally charming songbirds, but during breeding ...

That's the black and white one that is constantly at the centre of ... Unfortunately for the club, there is also a chance little will now be made from the Magpies' season given three of their starting ...