Magpie

:For the kleptomanic supervillain, see Enemies of Batman. For the British TV show, see Magpie (TV show).

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• Pica
• Urocissa
• Cyanopica
• Cissa

The magpies are medium to large, often colorful and noisy passerine birds in the crow family, Corvidae. They are closely allied to the jays and treepies. The names 'jay', 'treepie' and 'magpie' are to a certain extent interchangeable, not reflecting any genuine genetic difference between the groups.

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Recent research has cast doubt on the taxonomy of the Pica magpies, since it appears that P. hudsonia and P. nuttalli may not be different species, whereas the Korean race of P. pica is genetically very distinct from the other Eurasian forms.

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Enemies of Batman: The enemies of Batman form one of the most distinctive rogues galleries in comics. In the 1930s and 1940s the most familiar Batman villains evolved: the Joker, Catwoman, the Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face, the Mad Hatter, the Scarecrow, and Clayface. Other well known villains emerged in the 1950s, 1...

Magpie (TV show): Magpie was a children's television show shown on ITV from the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. It was a magazine format show intended to compete with the BBC's Blue Peter, but was consciously a much more "hip and trendy" show compared to the BBC's rather old-fashioned "Auntie Beeb" approach. It ...

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Magpie related Images and Photos (experimental)

The Magpie 1869

A Fire in Drury Lane by the Cock and Magpie