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Pica pica (Eurasian magpie)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Corvus pica Linnaeus
1927Pica pica Boule and De Villeneuve p. 84
1962Pica pica Wetmore p. 13
1992Pica pica Parmalee p. 315
1998Pica pica Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak p. 58
2002Pica pica Mlikovsky p. 237
2013Pica pica Bedetti and Pavia p. 44 figs. Pl 2, fig p
2017Pica pica Clements et al.
2018Pica pica Carrera et al. p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyCorvidaeVigors 1825
genusPicaBrisson 1760
speciespica()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Pica pica Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian magpie]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:35:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:35:15
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Lein 1972

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.80600 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Italy Pica pica (197789 197790)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Italy (Siracusa) Pica pica (175900)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Italy Pica pica (197786)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Monaco Pica pica (191730)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Pica pica (20398)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117United Kingdom Pica pica (124956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Pica pica (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Pica pica (82258 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pica pica (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Pica pica (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Pica pica (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Portugal Pica pica (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Italy Pica pica (197787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Russian Federation Pica pica (194807)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Romania Pica pica (197949)