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Urocissa
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Urocissa is a genus of birds in the Corvidae, a family that contains the crows, jays, and magpies.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Urocissa is referenced by 294 other articles, and connects out to Monarchidae, Red-billed Blue Magpie and Cyanocorax.
Vinony files it under Bird genera, Taxa named by Jean Cabanis and Urocissa.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Red-billed Blue-Magpie
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCorvidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 294
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Corvidae
- Collections
- CUMV, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UNSM, ROM, FMNH, CMNH
- Recorded in
- India, United States, China, Vietnam
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Thimindu 2010 02 20 Sinharaja Sri Lanka Blue Magpie 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Urocissa
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Encyclopedic overview
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Urocissa is a genus of birds in the Corvidae, a family that contains the crows, jays, and magpies.
The genus was established by German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1850. The type species was subsequently designated as the red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha). The name Urocissa combines the Ancient Greek oura meaning "tail" and kissa meaning "magpie" . ==Species== The genus contains five species:
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Urocissa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.