Cyanopica cooki
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The Iberian magpie (Cyanopica cooki) is a bird in the crow family. It is 31–35 cm (12–14 in) long and similar in overall shape to the Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) but is slenderer with proportionately smaller legs and bill.
The Iberian magpie was formally described in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte based on a specimen that had been collected by Samuel Edward Cook in Spain. Bonaparte coined the binomial name Cyanopica cooki, to replace the preoccupied Pica cyanea. The specific epithet was chosen to honour the collector. The type locality was restricted to Madrid by Harry Forbes Witherby in 1923. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
This taxon was formerly treated as conspecific with the azure-winged magpie (C. cyanus), but this population is 5,400 miles (9,000 km) away from those in eastern Asia. Genetic analysis has suggested that Iberian and azure-winged magpies are distinct species. Other common names include Iberian azure-winged magpie, Cook's azure-winged magpie, and Spanish azure-winged magpie.
It has a glossy black top to the head and a white throat. The underparts and the back are a light grey-fawn in... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poznań Nowe Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Iberian Magpie sighting in Doñana National Park on a given day, based on 1,239 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 45th most-seen of the 234 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Iberian Magpie in Doñana National Park on a given day, against about 10% in July and August, the lowest months. Those are among Doñana National Park's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 90 mm in October.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Iberian Magpie sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Iberian Magpie sightings, Doñana National Park ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Monfragüe National Park (Spain, about 40%) and Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (Spain, about 30%).
Same family: Corvidae
The closest relatives of the Iberian Magpie that you can see in Doñana National Park (family Corvidae, Crows, Jays, and Magpies) are Eurasian Magpie (about 40%) and Common Raven (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Iberian Magpie is recorded against all the birds logged in Doñana National Park (1,239 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
