Magpie/crow ? Liverpool (1 Viewer)

[Jaysto]

Twice this week I’ve seen a bird with magpie body/colours but with a grey/black capped head .
Anyone else ever seen this ,or could it be a cross 🤷‍♂️

 

[dantheman]

Twice this week I’ve seen a bird with magpie body/colours but with a grey/black capped head .
Anyone else ever seen this ,or could it be a cross 🤷‍♂️

A quick google for me only came up with this, indicates hybrids may not really happen (they do in some birds) -

Crow x Magpie Hybrid or leusistic

Hello all, saw two birds yesterday at Keldy, North Yorkshire and at first and second glance I decided they were an unusual leusistic Carrion Crow and didn't have time to observe them for long before they flew off. I've previously seen "brown" Crows and know there are all sorts of variations in...

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Did it have the long tail of a Magpie? Could be an abberrant Magpie, possibly some feather or mite damage to the head, or possibly (depending on how sure you were it was magpie-like), an escaped cage-bird of some kind roughly resembling a magpie. If you see it again a pic would probably help, even if from a mobile ...


And welcome to BF ;-)

 

[Jaysto]

A quick google for me only came up with this, indicates hybrids may not really happen (they do in some birds) -

Crow x Magpie Hybrid or leusistic

Hello all, saw two birds yesterday at Keldy, North Yorkshire and at first and second glance I decided they were an unusual leusistic Carrion Crow and didn't have time to observe them for long before they flew off. I've previously seen "brown" Crows and know there are all sorts of variations in...

www.birdforum.net

Did it have the long tail of a Magpie? Could be an abberrant Magpie, possibly some feather or mite damage to the head, or possibly (depending on how sure you were it was magpie-like), an escaped cage-bird of some kind roughly resembling a magpie. If you see it again a pic would probably help, even if from a mobile ...


And welcome to BF ;-)

Hi couldn’t get a picture,I was driving a bus 😝,but have seen it a couple of times around the same area .very curious as to what it is

 

[dantheman]

Hi couldn’t get a picture,I was driving a bus 😝,but have seen it a couple of times around the same area .very curious as to what it is

There's always some excuse ...

;-)

Probably for the best.

 

[THE_FERN]

not a hooded crow..? [unlikely but vagrants do occur]

 

[Jaysto]

not a hooded crow..? [unlikely but vagrants do occur]

Hooded crow head. but with black and white wings

 

[skatebirder]

One of our local Magpies is grey or black in the parts where it should be white. Many of our local Crows have white feathers, especially on the wings, so they have more white on them than the Magpie. I've just got used to it and consider it "just one of those things".

 

[Bewick]

Potentially a leucistic jackdaw.

 

[foresttwitcher]

If it had the long-tailed / short-winged shape of a Magpie then I would say an aberrant Magpie with pale parts to the head, if not then a leucistic Jackdaw seems a good possibility.

 

[Butty]

The OP has made no mention of it having the structure of a magpie. Possibly an aberrant corvid, but this will go no further without a photo.

 

[Jaysto]

 

[Jaysto]

Just seen this picture,this looks very close to what I seen 👍

 

[Southern Viking]

Not sure if these will help, but some more leucistic Jackdaws all taken in Sussex