skya ga

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magpie [RY]

magpie [JV]

(med) Magpie (Pica pica) (Yeshi 2017)
Synonyms : mgron bsu, bya khra (Jam-dpal)

skya ga ni / mgron bsu / bya khra zer / phug ron nas chung tsam nag la ske 'dab dkar khra'o / 'ga' zhig tu khang sgor bzhugs nas skad 'byin par / mgron po 'ong ba'am dga' ba'i mtshan legs yin zer / lde mig las / de'i shas lba ba 'joms par gsungs shing yang de nyid du skye rgyun gcod par gsungs bas [bud?] med du gtong mi rung ba ltar ro / shel sgong las / khra dang phug ron skyag brun skrangs rnag 'gugs // zhes so // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 227)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (23_026) skya ga (33_050) skya ga'i brun. Jam-dpal (print p 227) skya ga

"Corvids, crows, like the Large billed crow. Raven, crows, jays, magpies, all belong to the raven family. Members with strong caracteristics like jays or magpies (skya ga) have their own name. bya rog is the raven, Red- and Yellow-billed chough are skyung ka. khwa ta are all black birds smaller than raven and not being a Blackbird (bya nag)" (David Holler, tibetbirds.com).

Johannes Schmidt (talk) 17:06, 17 February 2024 (EST)