What else does the RSPB say about the magpie? “With its noisy chattering, black and white plumage, and long tail, there is nothing else quite like the magpie in the UK.” Well, that’s a good ...

black-billed magpies are easily seen. They hop and walk on the ground with a swaggering and confident gait. Monotypic. Length 19". An unusually long-tailed black-and-white corvid with a black bill.

The OED admits it's all bit uncertain, but offers a few linguistic clues to how these black and white birds could have been transformed into edible pies. Sponsor Message Magpies didn't actually ...

She is the author of Australian Magpie ... in birds are the black part of their poo. The toxins they expel, also filtered out in the kidneys, are white (called uric acids). Birds do not drink ...

Every West Aussie is familiar with the melodious chortling of the magpies' "dawn chorus", but ... can be distinguished by their different black and white liveries. The adult dorsalis female ...

Rare white leucistic magpie found in Adelaide Parklands Leucism is a genetic variation reducing black pigment White animals can signify strength, purity and leadership But in Adelaide's northern ...