Black-rumped magpie

The black-rumped magpie (Pica bottanensis) is a species of magpie found in central Bhutan to west-central China.^[1] It was formerly classified as a subspecies of the Eurasian magpie (Pica pica).

Black-rumped magpie
From Bumthang, Bhutan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Corvidae
Genus:	Pica
Species:	P. bottanensis
Binomial name
Pica bottanensis Delessert, 1840

A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018 found that the black-rumped magpie is a sister taxon to the Asir magpie from southwestern Saudi Arabia.^[2]