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Blue Magpie
Urocissa erythroryncha (Boddaert, 1783)
The Red-billed Blue Magpie, Urocissa erythrorhyncha is a species of bird in the crow family Corvidae. It is about the same size as the European Magpie but has a much longer tail, the longest tail of any corvid. It is 65–68 cm (26–27 in) long and weighs 196-232 grams (6.9-8.2 oz). Source: Wikipedia
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Corvidae
Genus:
Urocissa
Scientific:
Urocissa erythroryncha
Citation:
(Boddaert, 1783)
Reference:
TablePlanchesEnlum. p.38
Protonym:
Corvus erythrorynchus
Avibase ID:
76C44D5A85F918B7
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/76C44D5A
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916625
Geographic range:
- Urocissa erythroryncha erythroryncha: Central China to s Yunnan, n Laos and n Vietnam
- Urocissa erythroryncha brevivexilla: SW Manchuria and n China
- Urocissa erythroryncha alticola: SW China (n Yunnan) and ne Myanmar
- Urocissa erythroryncha occipitalis: Himalayas (Punjab to Sikkim)
- Urocissa erythroryncha magnirostris: Hills of Assam to Indochina
- Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
Blue Magpie
Catalan:
garsa blava bec-roja
Czech:
kraska červenozobá
Danish:
Rødnæbbet Kitta
German:
Rotschnabelkitta
Spanish:
Urraca Piquirroja
Spanish (Spain):
Urraca Piquirroja
Finnish:
loistoharakka
French:
Pirolle à bec rouge
Croatian:
crvenokljuna svraka
Hungarian:
vöröscsőrű kitta
Icelandic:
Kjólskjór
Italian:
Gazza blu
Japanese (romaji):
sanjaku
Japanese:
サンジャク
Lithuanian:
Raudonsnapė žydroji šarka
Dutch:
Roodsnavelkitta
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Raudnebbskjor
Norwegian:
Rødnebbskjære
Polish:
kitta czerwonodzioba
Russian:
Красноклювая лазоревая сорока
Slovak:
kita červenozobá
Serbian:
Crvenokljuna plava svraka
Swedish:
rödnäbbad blåskata
Ukrainian:
Кіта червонодзьоба
Chinese:
红嘴蓝鹊
Chinese (Traditional):
紅嘴藍鵲
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Pirolle à bec rouge ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Pirolle à bec rouge ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Red-billed Blue-Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Red-billed Blue-Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Red-billed Blue-Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Red-billed Blue-Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Red-billed Blue-Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Red-billed Blue-Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Red-billed Blue-Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Red-billed Blue-Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Red-billed Blue-Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Red-billed Blue-Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Red-billed Blue-Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Red-billed Blue-Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Red-billed Blue-Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Red-billed Blue-Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Red-billed Blue-Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Oriental Bird Club: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| James Lee Peters: Urocissa erythrorhyncha [version 1] |
| James Lee Peters (original): Urocissa erythrorhyncha [version 1] |
| James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Urocissa erythrorhyncha [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996): Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythrorhyncha) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Red-billed Blue Magpie ( Urocissa erythroryncha) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Urocissa erythrorhyncha [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Urocissa erythroryncha [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
Bengali: লালঠোঁট নীলতাউরা
Catalan: garsa blava bec-roja
Czech: Kraska cervenozobá, kraska červenozobá
Danish: Rødnæbbet Kitta
German: Rotschnabelkitta, Rot-Schnabelkitta
English: Blue Magpie, Red-billed Blue Magpie, Red-billed Blue Pie, Red-billed Blue-Magpie, Red-billed Magpie
English (IOC): Red-billed Blue Magpie
Spanish: Urraca Azul de Pico Rojo, Urraca Azul Piquirroja, Urraca Piquirroja
Spanish (Spain): Urraca Piquirroja
Spanish (HBW): Red-billed Blue-Magpie
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Urraca Azul Piquirroja
Estonian: hiina lasuurharakas
Finnish: Loistoharakka
French: Pie bleue à bec rouge, Pie bleue de Chine, Pie bleue occipitale, Pirolle à bec rouge, Pirolle chinoise
Croatian: crvenokljuna svraka
Hungarian: vöröscsőrű kitta
Icelandic: Kjólskjór
Italian: Gazza azzurra beccorosso, Gazza blu
Japanese (romaji): sanjaku
Japanese: サンジャク
Japanese (Kanji): 山鵲
Scientific: Cissa erythrorhyncha, Corvus erythrorynchus, Urocissa erythrorhyncha, Urocissa erythroryncha, Urocissa erythroryncha erythroryncha
Lithuanian: Raudonsnapė žydroji šarka
Latvian: zilā žagata
Nepali: स्यालपोथरी लामपुच्छ«े
Dutch: Roodsnavelkitta
Norwegian Nynorsk: Raudnebbskjor
Norwegian: Rødnebbskjære
Polish: kitta czerwonodzioba
Pinyin: hóng-zuǐ lán-què
Russian: голубая лазоревая сорока, Китайская лазуревая сорока, Красноклювая лазоревая сорока
Slovak: kita cervenozobá, kita červenozobá
Serbian: Crvenokljuna plava svraka
Swedish: Rödnäbbad blåskata
Thai: นกขุนแผน, นกสาลิกาดง
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰŭn-pʰăeen, nók săa-lí-kaa doŋ
Ukrainian: Кіта червонодзьоба
Vietnamese: Chim Giẻ cùi, Giẻ cùi
Chinese: 紅嘴藍鵲, 红嘴蓝鹊
Chinese (Traditional): 紅嘴藍鵲
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