Eurasian Magpie
Pica pica
Husskaden er en 46 centimeter lang kragefugl i ordenen af spurvefugle med karakteristisk sort og hvid fjerdragt, hvor halen udgør omkring halvdelen af længden. Den er udbredt i store dele af Europa og Asien og er en meget almindelig ynglefugl i Danmark.
Unmistakable pied : black head, neck and breast with a green and violet metallic sheen, white belly and shoulder patches, and a very long, graduated black tail. White wing flashes show in flight.
Voice
A staccato chattering "shak-shak-shak", single or in series.
Facts
Wingspan
56 cm
Conservation status
ikke truet
Family
crows and jays
Corvidae
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- Danmarks Fugle at the Danish Ornithological Society (in Danish)
- Wikipedia (in Danish)The description above is from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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