---
title: "Oriental Magpie"
description: "Pica serica — Ptaki. The Oriental magpie (Pica serica) is a species of magpie found from southeastern Russia to eastern China, Korea, Taiwan, and northern Indochina and Myanmar."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/oriental-magpie
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Oriental Magpie

> Pica serica — Ptaki. The Oriental magpie (Pica serica) is a species of magpie found from southeastern Russia to eastern China, Korea, Taiwan, and northern Indochina and Myanmar.

- Scientific name: *Pica serica*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 21207
- iNaturalist taxon: [827401](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/827401)

## Names

- en: Oriental Magpie
- de: Orientalische Elster
- es: Urraca Oriental
- fr: Pie orientale

## Countries with the most observations

KR (7916), CN (6439), TW (4249), HK (1065), RU (588), MO (94), JP (81), KP (37), SG (6), PA (3)

## Summary

The Oriental magpie (Pica serica) is a species of magpie found from southeastern Russia to eastern China, Korea, Taiwan, and northern Indochina and Myanmar. It is also naturalised in Japan. Other names include Korean magpie, Chinese magpie and Asian magpie. The scientific name serica means "silky [texture]" or "Chinese"; this is the original spelling, though sometimes erroneously "corrected" to sericea.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_magpie

## Photo

![Oriental Magpie](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/oriental-magpie/medium.jpg)

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205466820

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/oriental-magpie?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).