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{{Taxobox
| image = Korean magpie in Daejeon (side profile).jpg| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| classis = [[Bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
| familia = [[Corvidae]]
| genus = ''[[Pica (genus)|Pica]]''
| species = ''sericea''
| binomial = ''Pica sericea''
| authority = [[John Gould|Gould]], 1845
| range_map =Pica_pica_map.png
| range_map_width = 240px
| range_map_caption = Dark red/orange/brown-grey: Oriental magpie range
}}

The '''Oriental magpie''' ''(Pica sericea)'' is a [[species]] of [[Magpie]] found in East Asia.<ref name="tea">http://www.answers.com/topic/korean-magpie</ref> It is a common symbol of [[Korea]], and has been adopted as the "official bird" of many [[South Korea]]n cities and counties.

It is similar to the Eurasian [[magpie]], with a shorter tail and longer wings. It has [[black]] and [[purple]] colours, but very little [[green]]. The Oriental magpie has the same chattering call as Eurasian magpies, though it is much softer.

== Magpie myths ==
Koreans believed that magpies delivered good news, and when they saw a magpie chattering, they believed that visitors were coming.<ref name=jelly>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wisdomportal.com/Magpie.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-02-03 |archive-date=2010-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115060347/http://wisdomportal.com/Magpie.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>The most famous painting related to a magpie is the one with striped tiger (ggach'i wha horangi minhwa, {{Korean|까치와 호랑이 민화}}): the magpie is chirping to a tiger. The magpie represented good news and the tiger symbolized good luck, since its pronunciation in Chinese sounds similar to good luck (bok). There are many folktales about magpies.

The Chinese called magpies "Birds of Joy" or "Happy Magpies". Under the Manchu dynasty it also represented [[imperial]] rule: a few Manchu people in Northeast China even thought they were gods.<ref name=jelly/> In the west, though, magpies were often a symbol of [[pride]].<ref>J. C. Cooper, An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols (1978), p. 102</ref>

In Japan, it is found in all the main islands except [[Shikoku]]. It is called ''Kasasagi'' {{lang|ja|鵲}}, the same name as is used for the Eurasian magpie (''Pica pica'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ebird.org/species/orimag1?siteLanguage=ja |title=Pica serica|last=ebird.org|website=ebird|access-date=2022-05-02}}</ref>

==In culture==
In Korea, the magpie (까치, "kkachi") is celebrated as "a bird of great good fortune, of sturdy spirit and a provider of prosperity and development".<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7316384.stm |quote=Magpies have a dubious reputation because they are a bit of both. Over the years they have been lumped in with blackbirds |title=Why are magpies so often hated? |first=Denise |last=Winterman |website=BBC News Magazine}}</ref> In the same vein of bringing fortune and luck, Korean children were also taught that when you lose a tooth, to throw it on the roof singing a song for the magpie; 까치야 까치야 헌이 줄게. The bird will hear your song and bring you a new tooth.<ref name="koreajoonangdaily.joins.com">{{cite web |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2609122 |title=A Baby Tooth for a Bird|quote= Once the tooth was extracted, the child was asked to throw it out onto the roof while singing a rhyme to a magpie.}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Corvids]]
[[Category:Birds of Asia]]
[[Category:Birds of Korea]]
[[Category:National Symbols of Korea]]

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