Crows (Corvidae)
White-winged Magpie (Urocissa whiteheadi) - HBW 14, p. 596
French: Pirolle de Whitehead
German: Graubauchkitta
Spanish: Urraca de Whitehead
Other common names: White-winged Blue/Whitehead's Magpie
Taxonomy: Urocissa whiteheadi Ogilvie-Grant, 1899, Five-finger Mountains, interior of Hainan, China.
Genus has sometimes been subsumed in Cissa, but three members of latter seem to form a distinctive group. This species sometimes allocated its own monotypic genus, Cissopica, but seems to possess sufficient features to allow its retention in present genus. Races well differentiated, possibly worthy of separate species status; further research required. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- xanthomelana ( Delacour, 1927) - S China (S Sichuan and SW Guangxi), N Vietnam (W & E Tonkin and N & C Annam) and N & C Laos.
- whiteheadi Ogilvie-Grant, 1899 - Hainan I (SE China).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in flight.
Locality Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam (ssp xanthomelana)
Fran Trabalon 2 December 2010 1 year ago 3.2
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