Malayan Black Magpie (Platysmurus leucopterus) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernOmnivore

ForestPlatform nestMedium · 180 g

Malayan Black Magpie (Platysmurus leucopterus), photo 1 — Photo: Ian Dugdale · CC BY 4.0

Malayan Black Magpie (Platysmurus leucopterus), photo 2 — Photo: Ian Dugdale · CC BY 4.0

Malayan Black Magpie (Platysmurus leucopterus), photo 3 — Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0

Malayan Black Magpie (Platysmurus leucopterus), photo 4 — Photo: ꦥꦤ꧀ꦗꦶꦒꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ · CC BY 4.0

When to see the Malayan Black Magpie

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

Where to see the Malayan Black Magpie

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Malaysia Thailand Indonesia Myanmar (Burma)

About the Malayan Black Magpie

The Malayan black magpie is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. Despite its name, it is neither a magpie nor, as was long believed, a jay, but a treepie. Treepies are a distinct group of corvids externally similar to magpies.

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Easily confused with

Bornean Black MagpiePlatysmurus aterrimusThe magpie is about 43 cm in length.

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