Magpie

Magpies were a mundane avian species in the Realms.

Description
The song produced by magpies sounded like "queg queg queg..."

Behavior
Magpies were highly attracted to small, shiny or brightly-colored objects, such as gems or rings. They would often swoop down and steal such objects without ever touching the ground, taking it back to their nest.

Combat
These birds were adverse to fighting, even when threatened.

Habitats
Magpies typically lived in forests, farm lands, and even the urban areas of regions with a temperate climate.

Relationships
In the Realms, magpies acted as servants of the deity Gwaeron Windstrom. One of the tasks they would carry out for him would be to obscure clues indicating a trail from a follower's foes or to reveal such clues to his favored trackers.

Notable Magpies

 * Horace, an unusually intelligent magpie that was owned and trained by a thief in the Vast known as Sigird Sigirdson.

Trivia
In the Kara-Tur city of Balanzia, there was an inn known as the Yellow Magpie.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * Errand of Mercy
 * Errand of Mercy