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Azure-winged Magpie
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Songbirds & other perching birds

Azure-winged Magpie

Cyanopica cyanus (Pallas, 1776)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishAzure-winged Magpie
DutchAziatische Blauwe Ekster
SpanishRabilargo asiático
Chinese灰喜鹊
Scientific nameCyanopica cyanus (Pallas, 1776)

About this species

The azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyanus) is a bird in the crow family. It is 31–35 cm long and similar in overall shape to the Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) but is more slender with proportionately smaller legs and bill. It has a glossy black top to the head and a white throat. The underparts and the back are a light grey-fawn in colour with the wings and the feathers of the long (16–20 cm) tail an azure blue. It inhabits various types of coniferous (mainly pine) and broadleaf forest, including parks and gardens in the eastern populations.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyCorvidae
GenusCyanopica

In Suriname

2Records in Suriname
1956First record
1958Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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