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Yellow-billed Magpie

Pica nuttalli

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 12,131, February 10,499, March 10,932, April 13,560, May 13,169, June 9,687, July 8,297, August 8,451, September 10,724, October 10,956, November 14,087, December 10,859.
United States133,718
California5,349
Nevada367

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

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyCrows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae
GenusTrue Magpies · Pica

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