Pica is a genus of seven species of birds in the family Corvidae in both the New World and the Old.

Pica have long tails and have predominantly black and white markings.

For instance, one species travels throughout Europe to Asia, one lives in western North America, one stays within California, one is confined to southwestern Saudi Arabia, and another one comes from North Africa.

[1] The genus Pica was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760.

[2][3] He derived the name by tautonymy from the specific epithet of the Eurasian magpie Corvus pica which was introduced by Linnaeus in 1758.