
Black-billed Magpie Images, Facts and Information:
Pica hudsonia
- Black-billed Magpies have bold black and white plumage with a very long tail, some areas of their plumage has blue, purple and green iridescence that can be seen in the right light. They are slightly larger than jays.
- Black-billed Magpies are from the corvid family and are very intelligent.
- Black-billed Magpies can be found throughout much of western North America and are not migratory.
- Black-billed Magpies can use scent to locate food. They consume a wide variety of food and will scavenge carrion. they will consume fruits, grains, insects, small mammals and they will also raid nests of other birds to eat the young and eggs. They will perch on large mammals like Bison to pick insects off of them.
- They lay between 7 to 13 eggs which take between 16 to 21 days to hatch. Their nests can take a long time to build because they generally build a dome over it to protect their young from aerial predators. The nests are constructed with sticks, mud or manure and they line it with grasses. They are monogamous.
- They prefer open habitats such as prairies, grasslands, meadows, foothills and sagebrush steppes that offer some cover in the form of shrubs or trees. They adapt well to suburban habitats.
- A group of magpies can be called a “tribe”, “tittering”, “gulp”, “charm” and a “mischief” of magpies.
- They can live up to 15 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Black-billed Magpie photos.
Adult Black-billed Magpie on the wing
Title: Adult Black-billed Magpie on the wing
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/28/2018 […]
Black-billed Magpie juvenile perched on an informational sign
Title: Black-billed Magpie juvenile perched on an informational sign
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 7/27/2017
Black-billed Magpie squatting on a rock
Title: Black-billed Magpie squatting on a rock
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 3/6/2017
Black-billed Magpie jumping up on a rock
Title: Black-billed Magpie jumping up on a rock
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 3/6/2017
Black-billed Magpie on a light colored rock
Title: Black-billed Magpie on a light colored rock
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 3/6/2017
Black-billed Magpie close up in a Snowstorm
Title: Black-billed Magpie close up in a Snowstorm
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/27/2016
Portrait of a Black-billed Magpie in a Snowstorm
Title: Portrait of a Black-billed Magpie in a Snowstorm
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/27/2016
Portrait of an adult Black-billed Magpie
Title: Portrait of an adult Black-billed Magpie
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/27/2016
Adult Black-billed Magpie close up
Title: Adult Black-billed Magpie close up
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/27/2016
Juvenile Black-billed Magpie with Praying Mantis egg case
Title: Juvenile Black-billed Magpie with Praying Mantis egg case
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/4/2015
Immature Black-billed Magpie in flight
Title: Immature Black-billed Magpie in flight
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/2/2015
Black-billed Magpie Portrait
Title: Black-billed Magpie Portrait
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2015
Partially Leucistic Black-billed Magpie
Title: Partially Leucistic Black-billed Magpie
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 3/13/2015
Partially Leucistic Black-billed Magpie in flight
Title: Partially Leucistic Black-billed Magpie in flight
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 3/13/2015
Adult Black-billed Magpie landing with nesting material
Title: Adult Black-billed Magpie landing with nesting material
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/13/2015
Golden Eagle and a Black-billed Magpie
Title: Golden Eagle and a Black-billed Magpie
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/29/2015
Coyote and Black-billed Magpies scavenging
Title: A Coyote and Black-billed Magpies scavenging
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/29/2014
Resting snow-covered Bison bull
Title: Resting snow-covered Bison bull
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/29/2014
Coyote and Magpies
Title: Coyote and Magpies
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/29/2014
Magpies and a Coyote
Title: Magpies and a Coyote
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/29/2014