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Iberian Magpie

Cyanopica cooki

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernOmnivoreWoodlandCup nestMedium · 70 g
Iberian Magpie (Cyanopica cooki), photo 1
Photo: euqirneto · CC BY 4.0
Iberian Magpie (Cyanopica cooki), photo 2
Photo: euqirneto · CC BY 4.0
Iberian Magpie (Cyanopica cooki), photo 3
Photo: Juan Rodríguez · CC BY 4.0
Iberian Magpie (Cyanopica cooki), photo 4
Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0
Iberian Magpie (Cyanopica cooki), photo 5
Photo: Martien Brand from Mariënberg, The Netherlands · CC BY 2.0
Iberian Magpie (Cyanopica cooki), photo 6
Photo: José Prego from Moura, Portugal · CC BY 2.0
Iberian Magpie (Cyanopica cooki), photo 7
Photo: José Prego from Moura, Portugal · CC BY 2.0
Iberian Magpie (Cyanopica cooki), photo 8
Photo: Luiz Lapa from Oeiras, Portugal · CC BY 2.0
Iberian Magpie (Cyanopica cooki), photo 9
Photo: muffinn from Worcester, UK · CC BY 2.0
Iberian Magpie (Cyanopica cooki), photo 10
Photo: Diego González Dopico · CC BY 4.0

What the Iberian Magpie sounds like

Sonogram of the Iberian Magpie: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Joost van Bruggen · Call · El Condado (near Almonte), Huelva, Andalucía, Spain · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Iberian Magpie: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Joost van Bruggen · Alarm call, call · El Condado (near Almonte), Huelva, Andalucía, Spain · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

It has a glossy black top to the head and a white throat. The underparts and the back are a light grey-fawn in colour with the wings and the feathers of the long (16–20 cm) tail an azure blue.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Iberian Magpie

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Iberian Magpie

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Spain Portugal Gibraltar

Recorded as a rare visitor in Germany.

About the Iberian Magpie

The Iberian magpie is a bird in the crow family. It is 31–35 cm (12–14 in) long and similar in overall shape to the Eurasian magpie but is slenderer with proportionately smaller legs and bill.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus) Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanusThe azure-winged magpie is a bird in the crow family.

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