Cyanopica

Short description: Genus of birds

Cyanopica

Azure-winged magpie, Cyanopica cyanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Corvidae
Genus:  | Cyanopica
Bonaparte, 1850
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.[1] The generic name is derived from the Latin words cyanos, meaning "lapis lazuli", and pica, meaning "magpie".[2]

## Species

Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution

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| 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

1. ↑ 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". Journal of Avian Biology 36 (3): 222–234. doi:10.1111/j.0908-8857.2001.03409.x. http://www.nrm.se/download/18.4e32c81078a8d9249800021299/Corvidae[1].pdf.
2. ↑ Jobling, James (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Christopher Helm. pp. 128. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling.

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