Crows (Corvidae)

Arabian Magpie (Pica asirensis) - HBW 14, p. 605

French: Pie d'Arabie German: Asirelster Spanish: Urraca Árabe
Other common names: Asir/Asian Magpie

Taxonomy: Pica pica asirensis Bates, 1936, Asir Mountains, south-western Arabia.
Forms a superspecies with P. pica, P. nuttalli and P. hudsonia; often treated as conspecific with first of those, but isolation within very restricted range and differences in vocalizations and structural features suggest that treatment as a separate species warranted. Monotypic.

Distribution: Asir massif, in SW Saudi Arabia.