Cyanopica
Genus of birds
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Cyanopica is a small genus of magpies in the family Corvidae. They belong to a common lineage with the genus Perisoreus.[1]
| Cyanopica | |
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| Azure-winged magpie, Cyanopica cyanus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Subfamily: | Perisoreinae |
| Genus: | Cyanopica Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Corvus cyanus Pallas, 1766 | |
| Species | |
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The genus Cyanopica was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.[2] The type species was designated by George Gray in 1855 as Corvus cyanus Pallas, 1766, the azure-winged magpie.[3][4] The generic name is derived from the Latin words cyanos, meaning "lapis lazuli", and pica, meaning "magpie".[5]
Species
The genus contains two species:[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cyanopica cyanus | Azure-winged magpie | eastern Asia in most of China, Korea, Japan, and north into Mongolia and southern Siberia |
 | Cyanopica cooki | Iberian magpie | southwestern and central parts of the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain and Portugal |