What does the Eurasian Magpie eat?
Pica pica
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Diet overview
Omnivore
How it forages
Highly opportunistic and omnivorous. Diet includes insects, worms, snails, slugs, small mammals (rodents), young birds and eggs, carrion, seeds, fruits, berries, and human scraps. They often forage on the ground, probing with their beaks, and are known to cache food.
When it feeds
Diurnal
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