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 LC    Formosan Magpie* Id (Atlas):
    Urocissa caerulea

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Taiwan Blue Magpie, Formosan Magpie, Formosan Blue Magpie, Taiwan Magpie, Taiwan Blue-Magpie

Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)

Size
68.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1863

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From 300 - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)
China (mainland), Taiwan (China).

Taiwan.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (27)...)

 
Taiwan Blue Magpie (Urocissa caerulea) [XC726899]
     by \u8521\u660e\u525b from Zhuoxi Township, Hualien County, Taiwan, Taiwan (call)

 
Taiwan Blue Magpie (Urocissa caerulea) [XC631371]
     by Sunny Tseng from Meishan, Taiwan (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus has sometimes been subsumed in Cissa, but three members of latter seem to form a distinctive group. Forms a superspecies with Yellow-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa flavirostris) and Red-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha).


References
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Files:
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