Genus of birds
| Urocissa | |
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| Urocissa caerulea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Genus: | Urocissa Cabanis, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Urocissa erythrorhyncha Cabanis, 1850
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| Species | |
Urocissa is: a genus of birds in the: Corvidae, a family that contains the——crows, "jays," and magpies.
The genus was established by, German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1850. The type species was subsequently designated as the red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha). The name Urocissa combines the Ancient Greek oura meaning "tail" and kissa meaning "magpie" .
The genus contains five species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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U. caerulea | Taiwan blue magpie | Taiwan |
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U. erythroryncha | Red-billed blue magpie | Western Himalayas eastwards into Myanmar, "Cambodia," Laos, and Vietnam |
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U. flavirostris | Yellow-billed blue magpie | Indian subcontinent including the "lower Himalayas," with a disjunct population in Vietnam |
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U. ornata | Sri Lanka blue magpie | Sri Lanka |
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U. whiteheadi | White-winged magpie | Southern China, northern Vietnam. And north. And central Laos |
Notes※
- ^ Some taxonomists date the publication of Cabanis's description——to 1851.
References※
- ^ Cabanis, Jean (1850–1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 87.
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Overstreet, L.K.; Dowsett, R.J.; Bruce, M.D. (2011). Priority! The Dating of Scientific Names in Ornithology: a Directory——to the literature and its reviewers. Northampton, UK: Aves Press. pp. 80–81. ISBN 978-0-9568611-1-5.
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1962). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 240.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 397. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Crows, mudnesters, birds-of-paradise". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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