White-winged Magpie (Urocissa whiteheadi) [XC157523]
by Rolf A. de By from Bach Ma National Park, Vietnam (call)
White-winged Magpie (Urocissa whiteheadi) [XC893123]
by id from Nonggang Natural Reserve, Guangxi, China (call)
Subspecies
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. Subspecies well differentiated, possibly worthy of separate species status. Further research is required.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
xanthomelana (Delacour, 1927) - Southern China (southern Sichuan and south-western Guangxi), northern Vietnam (western and eastern Tonkin and northern and central Annam) and northern and central Laos. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, White-winged Magpie (Urocissa xanthomelana).
whiteheadi Ogilvie-Grant, 1899 - Hainan I (south-eastern China).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet