Cyanopica
| Cyanopica | |
|---|---|
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| Azure-winged magpie, Cyanopica cyanus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Genus: | Cyanopica Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Species | |
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Cyanopica is a genus of magpie in the family Corvidae. They belong to a common lineage with the genus Perisoreus.[1]
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cyanopica cyanus | Azure-winged magpie | eastern Asia in most of China, Korea, Japan, and north into Mongolia and southern Siberia |
 | Cyanopica cooki | Iberian magpie | southwestern and central parts of the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain and Portugal |
References
- ↑ Ericson, Per G. P.; Jansén, Anna-Lee; Johansson, Ulf S.; Ekman, Jan (2005). "Inter-generic relationships of the crows, jays, magpies and allied groups (Aves: Corvidae) based on nucleotide sequence data" (PDF). Journal of Avian Biology. 36 (3): 222–234. doi:10.1111/j.0908-8857.2001.03409.x.
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