Cyanopica

<i>Cyanopica</i>

Cyanopica

Genus of birds

Cyanopica is a genus of magpie in the family Corvidae. They belong to a common lineage with the genus Perisoreus.[1]

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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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Ericson, Per G. P.; Jansén, Anna-Lee; Johansson, Ulf S.; Ekman, Jan (2005). "Inter-generic relationships of the crows, jays, magpies and allied groups (Aves: Corvidae) based on nucleotide sequence data" (PDF). Journal of Avian Biology. 36 (3): 222–234. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.493.5531. doi:10.1111/j.0908-8857.2001.03409.x.
  2. [2]
    Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). Conspectus Generum Avium (in Latin). Vol. 1. Leiden: E.J. Brill. p. 382.
  3. [3]
    Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 64.
  4. [4]
    Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1962). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 244.
  5. [5]
    Jobling, James (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Christopher Helm. pp. 128. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. [6]
    Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Crows, mudnesters, birds-of-paradise". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
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