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
  • Cyanopica cyanus
  • Cyanopica cooki

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]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Cyanopica cyanusAzure-winged magpieeastern Asia in most of China, Korea, Japan, and north into Mongolia and southern Siberia
Cyanopica cookiIberian magpiesouthwestern 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" (PDF). Journal of Avian Biology. 36 (3): 222–234. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.493.5531. doi:10.1111/j.0908-8857.2001.03409.x.
  2. Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). Conspectus Generum Avium (in Latin). Vol. 1. Leiden: E.J. Brill. p. 382.
  3. Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 64.
  4. 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.
  5. Jobling, James (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Christopher Helm. pp. 128. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. 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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