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Black Magpie

Black Magpie

Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)Scientific classification

Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: AvesOrder: PasseriformesFamily: CorvidaeGenus: Platysmurus

L. Reichenbach, 1850Species: P. leucopterus

Binomial name

Platysmurus leucopterus(Temminck, 1824)

The Black Magpie (Platysmurus leucopterus) is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. Despite its name, it isneither a magpie nor, as was long believed, a jay, but a treepie. Treepies are a distinct group of corvids externallysimilar to magpies. It is monotypic within the genus Platysmurus.

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Distribution and habitatIt is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. The subspecies P. l. atterimus isendemic to the island of Borneo; it is sometimes considered a full species known as the Bornean Black Magpie.The natural habitats of the Black Magpie are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropicalmangrove forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Cited texts• dos Anjos, Luiz (2007). "Family Corvidae (Crows)". In del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David.

Handbook of the Birds of the World. 9. Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Editions.

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