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.