Red-billed Blue Magpie
Urocissa erythroryncha(Boddaert, P, 1783)
English (US) Red-billed Blue Magpie
The Red-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Corvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Urocissa erythroryncha
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-billed Blue Magpie
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Urocissa erythroryncha occipitalis
- Urocissa erythroryncha magnirostris
- Urocissa erythroryncha alticola
- Urocissa erythroryncha brevivexilla
- Urocissa erythroryncha erythroryncha
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Corvus erythrorynchus
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
- Type locality
- [China]; restricted to Canton by Birckhead (1937, Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 966, p. 13).
- Original description
- Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.38
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Taiwan Blue Magpie
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Yellow-billed Blue Magpie
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White-winged Magpie
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Iberian Magpie
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Azure-winged Magpie
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Siberian Jay
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Canada Jay
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