Crows (Corvidae)
Taiwan Blue Magpie (Urocissa caerulea) - HBW 14, p. 595
French: Pirolle de Taiwan
German: Dickschnabelkitta
Spanish: Urraca de Formosa
Other common names: Formosan (Blue) Magpie, Taiwan Magpie
Taxonomy: Urocissa caerulea Gould, 1863, Taiwan.
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. flavirostris and U. erythroryncha. Monotypic.
Distribution: Taiwan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird arriving to the nest, feeding the chicks and removing a fecal sac Locality Tonlin, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
James Jyh Haw Ting 17 June 2007 3 years ago 28 sec 4.6 -
A pair arriving to the nest and feeding the chicks Locality Tonlin, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
James Jyh Haw Ting 17 June 2007 3 years ago 49 sec 4.5 -
A close view of a perched bird Locality Tonlin, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
James Jyh Haw Ting 17 June 2007 3 years ago 1 min 3 sec 4.4 -
adult on top of gardener's protective cover, it had just dropped a massive snail in to a fold in the material and was trying to Locality Hui-Sun Forest Reserve, Nantou County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 20 July 2009 2 years ago 36 sec 4 -
adult with worm (or maybe a caterpillar), holds it against the branch with its foot for a while Locality Hui-Sun Forest Reserve, Nantou County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 23 May 2009 2 years ago 36 sec 3 -
adult on overhead branch Locality Hui-Sun Forest Reserve, Nantou County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 23 May 2009 2 years ago 37 sec 3
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Eating papaya
Locality Hui-Sun Forest Reserve, Nantou County, Taiwan
Guy Poisson 21 March 2008 1 year ago 2.8
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Alarm call given by a bird just when flying away from a papaya tree where it was foraging. Locality Hui-Sun Forest Reserve, Nantou County, Taiwan
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 April 2011 16 weeks ago 4
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