A Black-billed Magpie Bird Strutting On The Ground In Rocky Mountain National Park Royalty-Free Stock Photo

A Black-billed magpie bird strutting on the ground in Rocky Mountain National ParkThe black-billed magpie, also known as the American magpie, is a bird in the crow family that inhabits the western half of North America, from Colorado, to southern coastal Alaska, to Central Oregon, to northern California, northern Nevada, northern Arizona, northern New Mexico, central Kansas, and Nebraska. It is black and white, with black areas on the wings and tail showing iridescent hints of blue or blue-green. It is one of only four North American songbirds whose tail makes up half or more of the total body length.