### animal | vertebrate | bird:

Magpie
* Most magpies eat food
  - larvae
* Most magpies have dull eyes
  - red eyes
  - legs
* Most magpies live in habitats
  - make nests
* Most magpies rely on keen senses
* Some magpies continue begging for food till eight or nine months
  - eat eggs
* Some magpies feed on animals
  - small animals
* Some magpies have mouths
  - predators
  - shape wedges
  - prey on songbirds
* Some magpies raise cuckoos
  - young cuckoos
* also eat the eggs of other birds
  - occur in Papua New Guinea and have been introduced to New Zealand
* are also capable of mimicking sounds uttered by other birds, animals, and even humans
  - bigger than crows
  - black and white colored relatives of the crow family of birds, the corvids
  - corvids, a very intelligent family of birds
  - hoarders
  - known for cooperative breeding
  - large birds
  - notorious thieves, stealing jewellery and other shiny objects which they hide or bury
  - ominous birds, able to foretell events by the size of the group in which they fly
  - omnivorous with a liking for meat
  - omnivorous, eating a wide variety of food, ranging from grain and fruit to carrion
  - primarily insect and invertebrate eaters
  - protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
  - quite helpful cleaning up carrion, eating insects, and catching rodents
  - related to jays and crows
  - social birds and tend to congregate in flocks
  - territorial and stay in their territory all year, even in north of the species range
  - the birds that everyone loves to hate
  - usually gregarious, which means they like to live in groups
  - very intelligent birds and can be kept as pets
  - well-known for number symbolism
* breed in their own territory, which they defend against other magpies.
* build huge, domed nests of loosely woven sticks
  - large, untidy, domed nests made of sticks, in tall trees or hedges
* can cause injuries to head and eyes of people.
* cause a variety of problems, especially where their numbers are high.
* come in colors of blue, silver, black, dun, cream, yellow and red.
* eat Small fish, grains, berries and worms
  - almost anything
  - lots of different kinds of food
  - nuts, sunflower seeds, insects and small animals
  - underground larvae which they can hear and pick out of the soil
* favor shrub thickets, open woodlands, and forest edges.
* feed on small insects and animals that live on, or just under, the surface of the ground
  - the ground but require trees for nesting
* has-part eyes.
  - calls
  - feathers
  - injure feet
  - white feathers
* hide in trees and thick bushes to hide from predators and to catch their prey.
* includes air sacs
  - bird's feet
  - brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - ears
  - faces
  - flight feathers
  - heads
  - lips
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - quill feathers
  - rib cages
  - second joints
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - talons
  - vacuoles
  - wishbones
* inhabit open woodlands, savannas, brush covered, country, streamside growth.
  - noise
* mate for life and mating partners are usually together for their entire lives.
* move around by walking
  - in groups and give a variety of trill, cackle, and whistle calls
* prefer to live in extended families.
* protect their children from different animals by swooping attack.
* rob wild bird and poultry nests of eggs and hatchlings.
* scare most easily when they are flying.
* seem to survive in most places.
* survive first years
* take a large toll of eggs and nestlings
* usually swoop up or down to perch.
+ Corvidae, Description
  * Crows are some of the most intelligent birds in the world. Crows and rooks are good at using tools, for example sticks or twigs. Magpies can see themselves in a mirror and they understand that it is a reflection. Many crows live near to humans in towns and cities. They are more shy than the crows that live in cities.
+ Magpie, Description: Corvids
  * Magpies are large birds. They often have long tails. They also walk or hop along the ground.
  * Magpies eat lots of different kinds of food. They will also eat seeds and other parts of plants.
  * Magpies are clever birds. They can pass the mirror test. This is when the bird can see itself in a mirror and understand that it is a reflection. Magpies also like bright, shiny things, such as aluminium.