Talk:Yellow-billed magpie

Korean Magpie

The commentary about the Korean Magpie seems to already be handled in the Korean Magpie article. The presentation of it seems to wander close to WP:NOR too. Since it seems to me that whether or not the Korean Magpie might or might nor be a separate species from the European Magpie seems pretty distantly related to the subject at hand, and since the issue is already covered in a more appropriate article, any objections to me removing the paragraph? -- Cjensen 03:08, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I object. The source of the information is Madge and Burn,Crows and Jays (ISBN 0-7136-3999-7), which is hardly original research, and I would have though thought that the relationships with other very similar forms were very relevant, especially as some of these forms are, or were in the recent past, considered conspecific. Removing the paragraph takes away usefull information and adds nothing. jimfbleak 07:46, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

The more general Magpie has a paragraph which appears to mean the same thing, but is easy to read and makes the real issue more clear -- though it too lacks a cite. Could we copy that in instead? -- Cjensen 09:39, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

OK, that bit does appear to be cited in fact. jimfbleak 10:09, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

A rather glaring omission noted and an important question

Shouldn't there be SOME mention of the species's animated stars, Heckle & Jeckle? And on a more serious note--not that that first point was a culturally unserious one, mind you!--I've also heard that magpies are one of but a handful of species who can recognize their mirror images as being themselves, along with humans (duh), great apes, dolphins and maybe one other species. Can anyone shed some light on this question? [SIGNED] FLORIDA BRYAN

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