Ecuador
Magpie Tanager
Cissopis leveriana
(L 10-12" Wt 2.4-2.7 oz)
Resembles the European Magpie
...across much of So. America.
...across much of So. America.
Old Zamora Road
18Feb2013
One English folktale suggests
that when Jesus was crucified,
all of the world’s birds sang to
comfort him except the magpie,
which thus was forever cursed.
that when Jesus was crucified,
all of the world’s birds sang to
comfort him except the magpie,
which thus was forever cursed.
(Noah Stryker)
Cissopis in Greek means
magpie appearance.
magpie appearance.
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