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    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) boogan_boy, all rights reserved

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    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Carol Kwok, all rights reserved

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    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Shi Qi, all rights reserved

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    (c) Andreas No, all rights reserved

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    (c) 莲子, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Zinogre, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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Oriental Magpie

Pica serica

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The Oriental magpie or Korean magpie (Pica sericea), known as "kkachi" (까치) in Korean, is a species of magpie found in China and northern Indochina. It is a common symbol of the Korean identity, and has been adopted as the "official bird" of numerous South Korean cities, counties and provinces. Its distribution is not limited to the Korean Peninsula and if considered a valid species its range may extend almost to the Himalayas. Consequently, other vernacular

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