While monotypic, birds in the south average smaller and tend to show bare dark grayish skin below eye (similar in shape to the yellow skin on yellow-billed magpie). Black bill and range ...

Identification: The black-billed magpie is a stunning bird featuring black and white bodies and bluish-green iridescent wings and tails. They are relatively large birds (belonging to the corvid ...

The species can only be found in parts of Northern and Central California. It was hit hard by the West Nile Virus in the ...

One hearty year-round resident, however, is a stunning bird with iridescent blue and green feathers paired with white under the wing that flashes in flight and a jet-black head, especially against ...