Yellow-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa flavirostris)

Other Names (World)
Yellow-billed Blue Magpie, Gold-billed Magpie, Golden-billed Magpie, Black-headed Magpie, Golden-billed Blue Magpie, Yellow-billed Blue-Magpie

Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)

Size
61 - 66 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1846)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,600 - 2,700 m, occasionally 1,000 - 3,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (56)...)

Yellow-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa flavirostris) [XC100949]
by Frank Lambert from Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India (call)

Yellow-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa flavirostris) [XC100951]
by Lakshminarasimha R from Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India (call)

Subspecies
Genus has sometimes been subsumed in Cissa, but three members of latter seem to form a distinctive group. Forms a superspecies with Taiwan Blue Magpie (Urocissa caerulea) and Red-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha). Subspecies cucullata intergrades with nominate in central Nepal.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

cucullata Gould, 1861 - Northern Pakistan (from Hazara) east through north-western India to Nepal.
flavirostris (Blyth, 1846) - Nepal east to north-eastern India and northern Myanmar, also in adjacent southern China (extreme south-eastern Xizang).
schaeferi Sick, 1939 - Western Myanmar (Chin Hills).
robini Delacour & Jabouille, 1930 - Extreme northern Vietnam (north-western Tonkin).

References
See References.

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