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Iberian Magpie

Cyanopica cooki

Sounds

  • Recording by Joost van Bruggen (XC431846). CC-BY-SA · Source

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 190, February 320, March 261, April 314, May 258, June 329, July 362, August 415, September 248, October 309, November 253, December 187.
Spain3,446
Comunidad de Madrid1,887
Portugal1,512
FARO1,021
Andalucía756
Castilla y León422
Extremadura289
BEJA150
SETÚBAL124
Castilla-La Mancha74

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • Tool-usingUses tools to obtain food or solve problemsChecked by the maintainer
  • SmartDemonstrates problem-solving and learningChecked by the maintainer

Dietary

  • OmnivoreFeeds on both plants and animalsFrom its classification

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyCrows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae
GenusAzure-winged Magpies · Cyanopica

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Iberian Magpie with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.