Cyanopica
Cyanopica is a genus of magpie in the family Corvidae. They belong to a common lineage with the genus Perisoreus.[1]
| Cyanopica | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Azure-winged magpie, Cyanopica cyanus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Genus: | Cyanopica Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Corvus cyanus Pallas, 1766 | |
| Species | |
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The genus Cyanopica was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.[2] The type species was designated by George Gray in 1855 as Corvus cyanus Pallas, 1766, the azure-winged magpie.[3][4] The generic name is derived from the Latin words cyanos, meaning "lapis lazuli", and pica, meaning "magpie".[5]
Species
The genus contains two species:[6]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure-winged magpie
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Cyanopica cyanus (Pallas, 1776) |
eastern Asia in most of China, Korea, Japan, and north into Mongolia and southern Siberia |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Iberian magpie
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Cyanopica cooki Bonaparte, 1850 |
southwestern and central parts of the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain and Portugal | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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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. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.493.5531. doi:10.1111/j.0908-8857.2001.03409.x.
- Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). Conspectus Generum Avium (in Latin). Vol. 1. Leiden: E.J. Brill. p. 382.
- Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 64.
- Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1962). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 244.
- Jobling, James (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Christopher Helm. pp. 128. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Crows, mudnesters, birds-of-paradise". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
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