Black-billed Magpie Photo Gallery
Jaylike bird with a long tail and a heavy bill. Appears entirely black and white, but in good light the wings and tail shine with a blue-green iridescence.
© Kathryn Keith / Macaulay LibraryIdaho, April 05, 2019Flies with a bounding and rowing wingbeats, flashing its white primaries in flight. Note the white bars down its back and long diamond-shaped tail.
© John C Sullivan / Macaulay LibraryUtah, May 10, 2017Long-tailed black-and-white bird of open country. Often forages on the ground and perches on posts and small trees. Blue-green iridescence in wings and tail is not always visible.
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryWyoming, October 01, 1998Not all videos have soundStriking black-and-white bird with blue wings and a long graduated tail.
© Kathryn Keith / Macaulay LibraryIdaho, April 05, 2019A conspicuous and gregarious bird with a long tail and white braces down its back.
© Mason Maron / Macaulay LibraryWashington, March 05, 2020Flies with deep, rowing wingbeats interspersed with short glides or shallower strokes. Note very long tail and large white patches in wings in flight.
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryMontana, October 01, 2000Not all videos have soundFound in meadows, grasslands, and sagebrush plains of the West as well as towns and other open areas.
© James Bozeman / Macaulay LibraryMontana, July 29, 2007Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Crows, Jays, and Magpies(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Corvidae)
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