Magpie (disambiguation)
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Birds
- MagpieMagpieMagpies are passerine birds of the crow family, Corvidae.In Europe, "magpie" is often used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie, as there are no other magpies in Europe outside Iberia...
, members of four genera of the bird family Corvidae- Australian MagpieAustralian MagpieThe Australian Magpie is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. A member of the Artamidae, it is closely related to the butcherbirds...
, Gymnorhina tibicen, crow-sized black and white bird in the family ArtamidaeArtamidaeThe family Artamidae gathers together 20 species of mostly crow-like birds native to Australasia and nearby areas.There are two subfamilies: Artaminae, the woodswallows, are sombre-coloured, soft-plumaged birds that have a brush-tipped tongue but seldom use it for gathering nectar. Instead, they... - Azure-winged MagpieAzure-winged MagpieThe Azure-winged Magpie is a bird in the crow family. It is 31–35 cm long and similar in overall shape to the European Magpie but is more slender with proportionately smaller legs and bill. It belongs to the monotypical genus Cyanopica.It has a glossy black top to the head and a white throat...
, Cyanopica cyana - Black MagpieBlack MagpieThe Black Magpie is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.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. It is monotypic within the genus Platysmurus...
, Platysmurus leucopterus, despite its name, is neither a magpie nor, as was long believed, a jayJayThe jays are several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the crow family Corvidae. The names jay and magpie are somewhat interchangeable, and the evolutionary relationships are rather complex...
, but a treepieTreepieThe treepies comprise four closely related genera of long-tailed passerine birds in the family Corvidae... - Black-billed MagpieBlack-billed MagpieThe Black-billed Magpie is a bird in the crow family that inhabits the western half of North America. It is notable for its domed nests, and for being one of only four North American songbirds whose tail makes up half or more of the total body length The Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) is a...
, Pica hudsonia (may be conspecific with P. pica) - European MagpieEuropean MagpieThe European Magpie, Eurasian Magpie, or Common Magpie, , is a resident breeding bird throughout Europe, much of Asia and northwest Africa. It is one of several birds in the crow family named as magpies, and belongs to the Holarctic radiation of "monochrome" magpies...
, Pica pica - Formosan Blue MagpieFormosan Blue MagpieThe Taiwan Blue Magpie , also called the Taiwan Magpie or Formosan Blue Magpie or the "long-tailed mountain lady" , is a member of the Crow family...
Urocissa caerulea - Gold-billed MagpieGold-billed MagpieThe Yellow-billed Blue Magpie or Gold-billed Magpie is a passerine bird in the crow and jay family, Corvidae. It forms a superspecies with the Taiwan Blue Magpie and the Red-billed Blue Magpie...
, Urocissa flavirostris - Green MagpieGreen MagpieThe Green Magpie is a member of the Crow family, roughly about the size of the Eurasian Jay or slightly smaller. It is a vivid green in colour , slightly lighter on the underside and has a thick black stripe from the bill to the nape...
, Cissa chinensis - Korean MagpieKorean MagpieThe Korean Magpie Pica sericea, known as "ggachee" in Korean, is generally treated as an East Asian subspecies, of the European Magpie , but it may be a distinct species. It is a common symbol of the Korean identity, and has been adopted as the "official bird" of numerous South Korean cities,...
, Pica sericea (may be conspecific with P. pica) - Red-billed Blue MagpieRed-billed Blue MagpieThe Red-billed Blue Magpie, Urocissa erythrorhyncha is a species of bird in the crow family Corvidae. It is about the same size as the European Magpie but has a much longer tail, the longest tail of any corvid. It is 65-68 cm long and weighs 196-232 grams .-Description:The head, neck and breast...
, Urocissa erythrorhyncha - Short-tailed MagpieShort-tailed MagpieThe Short-tailed Green Magpie , also known as the Short-tailed Magpie, is a passerine bird in the crow family, Corvidae. It is endemic to montane forests on the southeast Asian islands of Borneo and Java. It dwells in thick vegetation in the mid and upper storeys of forests, and makes only short...
, Cissa thalassina - Sri Lanka Blue MagpieSri Lanka Blue MagpieThe Sri Lanka Blue Magpie or Ceylon Magpie is a member of the crow family living in the hill forests of Sri Lanka, where it is endemic....
, Urocissa ornata - White-winged MagpieWhite-winged MagpieThe White-winged Magpie is a passerine bird of the crow family, Corvidae. It is unusual among the members of its genus in that it is black and white, lacking the blue plumage other Urocissa magpies have. Thus, it is sometimes placed in its own monotypic genus, Cissopica, though it appears to have...
, Urocissa whiteheadi - Yellow-billed MagpieYellow-billed MagpieThe Yellow-billed Magpie, Pica nuttalli, is a large bird in the crow family found only in California. It inhabits the Central Valley and the adjacent chaparral foothills and mountains...
, Pica nuttalli (may be conspecific with P. pica/P. hudsonica) - Yellow-breasted MagpieYellow-breasted MagpieThe Indochinese Green Magpie or Yellow-breasted Magpie is a passerine bird of crow family, Corvidae. It is native to China and south east Asia....
, Cissa hypoleuca - White-throated Magpie-jayWhite-throated Magpie-jayThe White-throated Magpie-Jay, Calocitta formosa, is a large Central American jay species. It ranges in Pacific-slope thornforest from Jalisco, Mexico to Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Magpie-jays are noisy, gregarious birds, often traveling in easy-to-find flocks, mobbing their...
, Calocitta formosa
- Australian Magpie
- Magpie (pigeon)Magpie (pigeon)The Magpie is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding. Magpies, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons, are all descendants from the Rock Pigeon . The original Magpie was one of the old tumbler varieties, coming via Germany from Denmark about 1900....
a variety of fancy pigeon. - Magpie-larkMagpie-larkThe Magpie-lark is a conspicuous Australian bird of small to medium size, also known as the Mudlark in Victoria and Western Australia, the Murray Magpie in South Australia, and as the Peewee in New South Wales and Queensland...
, Grallina cyanoleuca, an Australian bird, also known as the Murray Magpie and Mudlark - Madagascar Magpie Robin, Copsychus albospecularis
- Oriental Magpie RobinOriental Magpie RobinThe Oriental Magpie Robin is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but now considered an Old World flycatcher. They are distinctive black and white birds with a long tail that is held upright as they forage on the ground or perch conspicuously...
, Copsychus saularis - Seychelles Magpie RobinSeychelles Magpie RobinThe Seychelles Magpie Robin is a medium-sized endangered bird from the granitic Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.This species of magpie robin is approximately 25 cm in length. It has a glossy coal-black plumage with a white-colored bar on each wings. It is considered a long-lived species whose...
, Copsychus sechellarum - Magpie StarlingMagpie StarlingThe Magpie Starling, Speculipastor bicolor is a member of the starling family from eastern Africa.-Description:The Magpie Starling is about 16–19 cm in length. The white patches at base of primaries are obvious in flight. The male is a shiny blue-black on upperparts, head and upper breast,...
, Speculipastor bicolor - Magpie TanagerMagpie TanagerThe Magpie Tanager is a South American species of tanager. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Cissopis. As suggested by its common name, this blue-black and white species is superficially reminiscent of a European Magpie...
, Cissopis leveriana* Magpie Goose, Anseranas semipalmata, aberrant goose in the monotypic family AnseranatidaeAnseranatidaeAnseranatidae, the magpie-geese, is a biological family of waterbirds. It is a unique member of the order Anseriformes. The only living species, the Magpie Goose, is a resident breeder in northern Australia and in southern New Guinea....
Fish
- Magpie perchMagpie perchThe magpie perch or magpie morwong, Cheilodactylus nigripes, is a morwong of the genus Cheilodactylus, found off southern Australia and northern New Zealand from shallow depths to 250 m...
or Magpie Morwong, Cheilodactylus nigripes, is a morwong of the family Cheilodactylidae
Moths
- Magpie mothNyctemera annulataNyctemera annulata, commonly known as the Magpie Moth, is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. The subspecies A...
, Nyctemera annulataNyctemera annulataNyctemera annulata, commonly known as the Magpie Moth, is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. The subspecies A...
, a mothMothA moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the family ArctiidaeArctiidaeArctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths... - Magpie mothNyctemera amicusThe Senecio Moth or Magpie moth is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in south-east Asia, Oceania, and most of Australia....
, Nyctemera amicus, a mothMothA moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the family ArctiidaeArctiidaeArctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths... - Magpie mothEurrhypara hortulataThe Small Magpie is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe and North America.The wingspan is 24-28 mm. The moth flies from June to July depending on the location....
, Eurrhypara hortulata, a mothMothA moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the family PyralidaePyralidaeThe Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera... - Magpie mothAbraxas grossulariataAbraxas grossulariata is a moth of the family Geometridae, native to Europe and North America. Its distinctive speckled colouration has given it a common name of Magpie Moth...
, Abraxas grossulariata, a mothMothA moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the family Geometridae
Places
- Magpie, a settlement in the municipality of Rivière-Saint-Jean, QuebecRivière-Saint-Jean, QuebecRivière-Saint-Jean is a municipality and village in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec in Canada.In addition to the village of Rivière-Saint-Jean, the municipality also includes the community of Magpie which is located near the mouth of the Magpie River.-Demographics:Population trend:*...
, Canada - Magpie Lane, OxfordMagpie Lane, OxfordMagpie Lane is a narrow historic lane in central Oxford, England. It leads south from the High Street where it is at its narrowest, now completely pedestrianised as a pavement, and north from the cobbled Merton Street....
, very narrow historic lane in central Oxford, England - Magpie River (Ontario)Magpie River (Ontario)The Magpie River is a river in Algoma District, northeastern Ontario, Canada that empties into Michipicoten Bay on Lake Superior near the town of Wawa...
in OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada - Magpie River (Quebec)Magpie River (Quebec)The Magpie River is a river in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec which flows from the Labrador Plateau to empty into the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River east of Sept-Îles, Quebec. The river is 200 km in length....
in northern QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
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Sports clubs
Various football clubs may be known, formally or informally, as the Magpies:Australia
- Collingwood MagpiesCollingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
, Australian Football LeagueAustralian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
club - Hay MagpiesHay MagpiesThe Hay Magpies is a rugby league football club based in the town of Hay, in the western Riverina of New South Wales, Australia. The club currently plays in Group 20 in South Western NSW...
, rugby league club based in the New South Wales town of Hay - Port Adelaide MagpiesPort Adelaide MagpiesThe Port Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the South Australian National Football League...
, South Australian National Football LeagueSouth Australian National Football LeagueThe South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....
club - Souths Logan Magpies, a Queensland CupQueensland CupThe Queensland Cup is the premier rugby league football competition in the State of Queensland, Australia.It is a statewide competition with the majority of teams based in South East Queensland but also including sides based in Cairns, Mackay and Rockhampton.The competition began in 1996 as a...
club - Western Suburbs MagpiesWestern Suburbs MagpiesThe Western Suburbs Magpies are an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as they are commonly referred to, were one of the nine foundation clubs of the first New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia...
, a NSWRL Premier LeagueNSWRL Premier LeagueThe New South Wales Cup is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales previously known as the NSWRL Premier League. It has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserve grade competition. It is now the premier open age competition in the state...
club - Western Magpies Australian Football ClubWestern Magpies Australian Football ClubThe Western Magpies Australian Football Club is the senior Australian rules football club of the western suburbs of Brisbane which competes in Division One of the AFLQ State League. The club is based at 41 Chelmer st, Chelmer, at the same grounds as the Sherwood Junior Australian Football Club and...
, an AFL Queensland State League club - Western Suburbs Magpies AFCWestern Suburbs Magpies AFCWestern Suburbs Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Sydney AFL league. The club is based in the inner west of Sydney, New South Wales, and its senior teams played their home games at Henson Park in 2009 and 2010 but will return to their spiritual home of...
, Australian rules football club in Sydney
Britain
- Chorley F.C.Chorley F.C.Chorley Football Club are a football club from Chorley, Lancashire, England. They were founded as a rugby union club in 1875 but switched to football in 1883. They have reached the FA Cup second round twice in 1986–87 and 1990–91. Their best performance in the FA Trophy was in 1995–96 when they...
, English football club - Newcastle United F.C.Newcastle United F.C.Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
, English football club - Notts County F.C.Notts County F.C.Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...
, English football club - Maidenhead United F.C.Maidenhead United F.C.Maidenhead United Football Club is an English football club in Maidenhead, Berkshire. The club was founded in 1870 and moved to their current ground at York Road the following year...
, English football club
Music
- La gazza ladraLa gazza ladraLa gazza ladra is a melodramma or opera semiseria in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was by Giovanni Gherardini after La pie voleuse by JMT Badouin d'Aubigny and Louis-Charles Caigniez....
or "The Thieving Magpie," an opera semiseria in two acts by Gioachino Rossini - "Magpie", a songSongIn music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
by The Mountain GoatsThe Mountain GoatsThe Mountain Goats is an American indie rock band formed in Claremont, CA by singer-songwriter John Darnielle. For many years, the sole member of the Mountain Goats was Darnielle himself, despite the plural moniker....
on their album The Sunset Tree - "Magpie", a B-side song by the English rock band BlurBlur (band)Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...
on their 1994 single "Girls & Boys" - "Magpie", a song written and sung by Patrick WolfPatrick WolfPatrick Wolf is an English-Irish singer-songwriter from South London. Patrick utilises a wide variety of instruments in his music, most commonly the ukulele, piano and viola...
on the album The Magic Position - Magpie RecordsMagpie RecordsMagpie Records is a British record label set up in 1976 by Bruce Bastin. It specialises in re-issuing pre and post war blues and jazz recordings.-External links:* *...
, British record labelRecord labelIn the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
set up in 1976 by Bruce BastinBruce BastinBruce Bastin is a folklorist and a leading expert on the blues styles of the South Eastern states of America .... - Magpie LaneMagpie LaneMagpie Lane is an English folk group, based in Oxford, England.The musicians of Magpie Lane first came together in the winter of 1992–93 to record The Oxford Ramble, a collection of songs and tunes from, or about, Oxfordshire. Although originally conceived as a one-off recording project, the band...
, English folk group, based in Oxford - The Thieving Magpie (album)The Thieving Magpie (Album)The Thieving Magpie is a double live album by Marillion, named after the introductory piece of classical music the band used before coming on stage during the Clutching at Straws tour 1987-1988, the overture to Rossini's opera La gazza ladra, which translates as "The Thieving Magpie".The album was...
, musical album by MarillionMarillionMarillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve... - Magpie, a folk duo since the 1970s
- Magpie, an album by Stephen Fretwell.
- "Morning Mr. Magpie", a song by the English band RadioheadRadioheadRadiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
off their 2011 album The King of LimbsThe King of LimbsThe King of Limbs is the eighth studio album by English rock band Radiohead, produced by Nigel Godrich. It was self-released on 18 February 2011 as a download in MP3 and WAV formats, followed by physical CD and 12" vinyl releases on 28 March, a wider digital release via AWAL, and a special... - "Magpie to the Morning," a song by the American folk singer Neko CaseNeko CaseNeko Case is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and her contributions as a member of the Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers....
from her 2009 album "Middle CycloneMiddle CycloneMiddle Cyclone is the fifth studio album of American alternative country singer-songwriter Neko Case, released on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 on the ANTI- record label. Her first solo effort in three years, Case stated that "it took a very long time to make." As the title of the album suggests, the...
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Other
- MAGPIEMAGPIEMAGPIE stands for Mega Ampere Generator for Plasma Implosion Experiments and is a pulsed power generator based at Imperial College London, United Kingdom. The generator was originally designed to produce a current pulse with a maximum of 1.8 million Amperes in 240 nanoseconds...
, a pulsed-power generator based at Imperial College London. - Magpie (TV series)Magpie (TV series)Magpie was a children's television programme shown on ITV from the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. It was a magazine format show intended to compete with the BBC's Blue Peter, but attempted to be more "hip", focusing more on popular culture...
, British children's television show, broadcast 1968–1980 on ITV - Magpie (comics)Magpie (comics)Magpie is a fictional super-villainess created by John Byrne, who first appeared in the miniseries, The Man of Steel.She is notable for her outlandish 1980s style including a unique tri-hawk/mullet hairstyle as well as an exotic, red and silver costume consisting of...
, one of the Enemies of Batman, a kleptomaniac supervillain in the Batman series of comics - Magpie, Carmarthen and Cardigan RailwayCarmarthen and Cardigan RailwayThe Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway was a broad gauge railway from Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, to Newcastle Emlyn, Wales. Part of the route is now used by the Teifi Valley Railway and the Gwili Railway.Despite the name, the line never reached Cardigan...
steam locomotive built in 1861 - Magpie RecyclingMagpie RecyclingMagpie Recycling is a worker cooperative based in Brighton, England.Magpie Recycling was founded in 1990 at the Hanover Community Centre and became a co-operative Limited Company in 1992. It currently has 31 employees and an annual turnover in excess of £500,000....
, workers' cooperative based in Brighton, UK - Montrose Magpies, fictional British quidditchQuidditchQuidditch is a fictional sport developed by British author J. K. Rowling for the Harry Potter series of novels. It is described as an extremely rough, but very popular, semi-contact sport, played by wizards and witches around the world...
team from the Harry PotterHarry PotterHarry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
book series - The MagpiesThe MagpiesFor disambiguation see Magpie The Magpies is the most famous poem by New Zealand poet Denis Glover . It helped define New Zealand's distinctive style of poetry...
, most famous poem by New Zealand poet Denis GloverDenis GloverLieutenant Commander Denis James Matthews Glover DSC was a New Zealand poet and publisher.Well-known for radical leftist opinions, he was often in trouble with authorities. In 1935 he founded the Caxton Press, which he used to encourage a less sentimental style of poetry in New Zealand than was...
(1912–1980) - The Magpie's NestThe Magpie's NestThe Magpie's Nest is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales.-Synopsis:All the birds came to the magpie, because it was the wisest, and asked it to teach them how to build nests. The magpie started to demonstrate, but each time she did something, another bird...
, English fairy tale collected by Joseph JacobsJoseph JacobsJoseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... - The Other MagpieThe Other MagpieThe Other Magpie was a Crow woman who fought in the Battle of the Rosebud on the side of General Crook against the Sioux and Cheyenne. Pretty Shield, a Crow author and medicine woman, described her as being wild and attractive, but not having a man. She fought because her brother had recently been...
, a woman of the Crow NationCrow NationThe Crow, also called the Absaroka or Apsáalooke, are a Siouan people of Native Americans who historically lived in the Yellowstone River valley, which extends from present-day Wyoming, through Montana and into North Dakota. They now live on a reservation south of Billings, Montana and in several...
of Native Americans who fought in the Black Hills War - Magpie, a serifSerifIn typography, serifs are semi-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols. A typeface with serifs is called a serif typeface . A typeface without serifs is called sans serif or sans-serif, from the French sans, meaning “without”...
typeface designed by Vincent ConnareVincent ConnareVincent Connare is a former Microsoft in-house font designer. Amongst his creations are the Comic Sans font, and the Trebuchet MS font, both of which ship as standard on current releases of Microsoft Windows and Mac OS...
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