According to one book I read... Cheyennes divide birds into 3 groups: plain, great and sacred. They count magpie in the sacred ones :-). There's a magpie on my

According to one book I read... Cheyennes divide birds into 3 groups: plain, great and sacred. They count magpie in the sacred ones :-). There's a magpie on my fence as I'm typing this. They like magpies because they're smart, talkative, they announce guests, they live close to humans. Australian "magpie" is not even a corvid.