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title: "Pega-azul-ibérica"
description: "Cyanopica cooki — Aves. The Iberian magpie (Cyanopica cooki) is a bird in the crow family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/iberian-magpie
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pega-azul-ibérica

> Cyanopica cooki — Aves. The Iberian magpie (Cyanopica cooki) is a bird in the crow family.

- Scientific name: *Cyanopica cooki*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 6809
- Wikidata: [Q12256020](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12256020)
- iNaturalist taxon: [339684](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/339684)

## Names

- en: Iberian Magpie
- de: Blauelster
- es: Rabilargo ibérico
- fr: Pie-bleue ibérique
- nl: Blauwe ekster
- pt: Pega-azul-ibérica
- pl: Sójka iberyjska

## Countries with the most observations

ES (4199), PT (2110)

## Summary

The Iberian magpie (Cyanopica cooki) is a bird in the crow family. It is 31–35 cm (12–14 in) long and similar in overall shape to the Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) but is slenderer with proportionately smaller legs and bill.

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

## Photo

![Pega-azul-ibérica](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/iberian-magpie/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337740229

## Machine access

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