Biology:Cyanopica

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Short description: Genus of birds

Cyanopica
2011 Blauelster in Shanghai.jpg
Azure-winged magpie, Cyanopica cyanus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Cyanopica
Bonaparte, 1850
Type species
Corvus cyanus[1]
Pallas, 1766
Species
  • Cyanopica cyanus
  • Cyanopica cooki

Cyanopica is a genus of magpie in the family Corvidae. They belong to a common lineage with the genus Perisoreus.[2] The generic name is derived from the Latin words cyanos, meaning "lapis lazuli", and pica, meaning "magpie".[3]

Species

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Cyanopica cyanus perched.jpg Cyanopica cyanus Azure-winged magpie eastern Asia in most of China , Korea, Japan , and north into Mongolia and southern Siberia
Blauelester donana.jpg Cyanopica cooki Iberian magpie southwestern and central parts of the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain and Portugal

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2717364 entry