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Pica is a genus of birds within the family Corvidae. It belongs to the order Passeriformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The taxon was described by Brisson in 1760 and holds an accepted status. It is part of the magpie group.
Records for this genus are held by institutions including TCWC, USNM, DMNH, UCMP, and UF. These records originate from the United States, China, and Canada. The subject is referenced by 317 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
Chordata
PHYLUM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCorvidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 56
- With media
- 26
- Family
- Corvidae
- Collections
- TCWC, USNM, DMNH, UCMP, UF, CSUC
- Recorded in
- United States, China, Canada
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- genus
- taxon name
- Pica
- Commons category
- Pica (genus)
- topic's main category
- Category:Pica (genus)
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- Pica
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- different from
- pica
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Encyclopedic overview
Pica is a genus of seven species of birds in the family Corvidae in both the New World and the Old. It is one of several corvid genera whose members are known as magpies. Pica have long tails and predominantly black and white plumage, with iridescent blue, green, purple and bronze colours on the wings and tail in good light. After Corvus, this genus is the second most widespread within the Corvidae family, being distributed across Eurasia, north Africa, and western North America. Molecular phylogeny suggests that Pica is most closely related to nutcrackers (Nucifraga), jackdaws (Coloeus) and crows and ravens (Corvus).
Taxonomy
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