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Black-rumped Magpie
Pica bottanensis Delessert, 1840
Corvidae — Crows, Jays
Black-rumped Magpie, Pica bottanensis, is a magpie of the Oriental Region, breeding in Bhutan and west-central China. It belongs to the crow family and was described by Delessert in 1840. Its key feature is the lack of white on the rump, which sets it apart from most other birds in the genus Pica, apart from the Asir Magpie. It is similar to other magpies in the genus in its pied plumage and bluish-green iridescent wings and tail. It was once treated as a subspecies of Eurasian Magpie, then restored to species rank in 2018.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Corvidae — Crows, Jays
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: c Bhutan and wc China
