Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Crows, Jays and Magpies :: Azure-winged Magpie

Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyana

Described by: Pallas (1776)
Alternate common name(s): Iberian Magpie
Old scientific name(s): Cyanopica cyanus

Photographs

Kasai Rinkan Koen, Tokyo, Japan - Mar 24, 2005 © William Hull  Kasai Rinkan Koen, Tokyo, Japan - Mar 24, 2005 © William Hull  Kasai Rinkan Koen, Tokyo, Japan - Aug 17, 2003 © William Hull  Kasai Rinkan Koen, Tokyo, Japan - Aug 23, 2003 © William Hull  Kasai Rinkan Koen, Tokyo, Japan - Aug 23, 2003 © William Hull 
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Range

Two widely separated (9000km) populations;
(1) Portugal (Baira Baixa region along upper Rio Tejo) and w. Spain.
(2) C. and ec. Asia in se. Siberia, and n. Mongolia.
(3) Ne. Asia (middle and lower Amur River region).
(4) Korea.
(5) Manchuria.
(6) E. China (Liaoning to Fujian and Sichuan).
(7) N. China (Shaanxi).
(8) W. China (Gansu, Qinghai and nw. Sichuan).
(9) Japan (Honshu and Kyushu).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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