Crows, Jays

Maghreb Magpie

Pica mauritanica

The Maghreb Magpie (Pica mauritanica) is a 217 g town and farmland bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.

Family

Crows, Jays

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

217 g

Habitat

Human Modified

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain.

Where to see it: مصب واد سوس | Embouchure du Oued Souss (Morocco); واد ماسة · حقول أغريمز | Oued Massa · champs d'Aghorimze (Morocco); منتزه سوس ماسة · مصب واد ماسة | PN Sous-Massa · Estuaire de l'Oued Massa (Morocco); وادي أوكايمدن | Vallée d'Oukaïmeden (Morocco); Djerba Island (Tunisia).

Photo: (c) Mourad Harzallah, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist