The Magpie, also known as the Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica , 1758), is a passerine bird in the Corvid family.

The scientific name of the species, pica, is a case of tautonymy, as a repetition of that of the genus.

These are birds with a slender appearance, with a rounded head with a long and strong conical beak with a hooked end, long and typed wings, long tail with a rhomboidal shape and strong legs: overall, the magpie is unmistakable in its range, both for its coloring (which however can be confused with that of other birds in the range occupied by the species , such as dauric notch) is mainly for conformation.

The plumage is silky black on the head, upper chest, back, codion, undercod, low belly and feathered part of the paws, while hips, scapular area, remaining part of chest and belly, croup are white in color. The wings are black, with primary grayish-white rowers with steel-colored reflections and thin black hem. The tail, also black, has obvious bronze-green metallic reflections.

It measures 46–50 cm in length (half of which belongs to the tail), for 161-268 g in weight and a wingspan of 52–62 cm; at the same age, males are more massive and heavy than females.

The verse is chioccolante, composed of the same syllable repeated 3-7 times with increasing intensity depending on the state of excitement of the animal. These birds are also able to imitate the sounds of the environment around them, including the human voice.