Black-billed Magpie
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae Genus: Pica Species: hudsonia
Binomial name
Pica hudsonia

The Black-billed Magpie is a large bird in the crow family that occurs in western and central North America from Alaska to Oklahoma. Externally, it is almost identical with European Magpie, Pica pica, and is often considered conspecific. However, Sibley splits it as a separate species Pica hudsonia, on the grounds that it is genetically closer to California's Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttalli than to the European Magpie.

This bird prefers semi-open country with some large bushes or trees. They build a bulky stick nest in a tree or bush. Both parents build the nest and feed the young.

This bird is omnivorous, eating many types of insects, carrion, eggs and rodents, as well as berries, seeds and nuts. They forage on the ground, but also may steal food from other birds.

They are mainly permanent residents; some birds may move south or to lower elevations in winter, others may wander east after the breeding season.

The call of this bird is a nasal inquisitive mag mag mag.