Crows (Corvidae)
Red-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha) - HBW 14, p. 596
French: Pirolle à bec rouge
German: Rotschnabelkitta
Spanish: Urraca Piquirroja
Other common names: Blue/Red-billed Magpie
Taxonomy: Corvus erythrorynchus Boddaert, 1783, Canton (Guangzhou) south China.
Genus has sometimes been subsumed in Cissa, but three members of latter seem to form a distinctive group. Present species forms a superspecies with U. caerulea and U. flavirostris. Race alticola initially described under name "caerulea", but this name is invalid, as preoccupied. Species name often misspelt "erythrorhyncha". Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- occipitalis ( Blyth, 1846) - NW India (from Jammu and vicinity of Kangra, in Himachal Pradesh) E to extreme E Nepal.
- magnirostris ( Blyth, 1846) - NE India (S of R Brahmaputra) E across Myanmar and Thailand to NW Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
- alticola Birckhead, 1938 - S China (NW & N Yunnan) and adjacent N Myanmar.
- occipitalis ( Blyth, 1846) - NW India (from Jammu and vicinity of Kangra, in Himachal Pradesh) E to extreme E Nepal.
- magnirostris ( Blyth, 1846) - NE India (S of R Brahmaputra) E across Myanmar and Thailand to NW Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
- alticola Birckhead, 1938 - S China (NW & N Yunnan) and adjacent N Myanmar.
- brevivexilla Swinhoe, 1874 - E China (from SE Inner Mongolia and W Liaoning S to S Gansu, S Ningxia, Shanxi and Hebei).
- erythroryncha ( Boddaert, 1783) - C, S & SE China (including Hainan).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched on a branch. Locality Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Chaiyaphum Province, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 4 February 2012 1 year ago 13 sec 4.3 -
A bird on a branch, later three birds in a tree feeding on vigs. Locality Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Chaiyaphum Province, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 3 February 2010 3 years ago 29 sec 4.1 -
Two birds in a three feeding on vigs. Locality Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Chaiyaphum Province, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 3 February 2010 3 years ago 33 sec 4 -
A close view of a bird perched, then changing of branch. Locality Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 2 May 2008 4 years ago 36 sec 3.8 -
A bird on a branch, turning around and flying away. Locality Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 2 May 2008 4 years ago 26 sec 3.8 -
Red-billed Blue Magpie, lateral view. Locality Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 20 May 2010 2 years ago 11 sec 3.7 -
A bird preening intensively. Locality Dusit Zoo, Khao Din Park, Dusit District, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp magnirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2008 4 years ago 44 sec 3.3 -
A dorsal view of a bird perched. Locality Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 2 May 2008 4 years ago 21 sec 3.3 -
Perched, Singing Locality Birdland Park & Gardens, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain
Joe Angseesing 24 June 2009 10 weeks ago 26 sec 3.2 -
Two birds on a perch, one flying away and coming back several times. Locality Dusit Zoo, Khao Din Park, Dusit District, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp magnirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2008 4 years ago 42 sec 3 -
A bird on a branch and flying away Locality Talamarang, Helambu, Nepal (ssp occipitalis)
Keith Blomerley 14 May 2004 6 years ago 12 sec 2.9 -
A bird preening its back Locality National Zoo, Washington DC, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 25 June 2005 6 years ago 41 sec 2.8 -
A bird in a tree, then flying away Locality Sermathang, Helambu, Nepal (ssp occipitalis)
Keith Blomerley 9 May 2004 6 years ago 24 sec 2.7
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