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Encyclopedia > Urocissa
Urocissa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Urocissa
Species

U. caerulea
U. erythrorhyncha
U. flavirostris
U. whiteheadi
U. ornata


Urocissa is a genus of birds in the huge Passerine order in the family Corvidae. It consists of mainly brightly coloured magpies in Asia.


Species in the genus Urocissa:

  • Formosan Blue Magpie, Urocissa caerulea
  • Red-billed Blue Magpie, Urocissa erythrorhyncha
  • Gold-billed Magpie, Urocissa flavirostris
  • White-winged Magpie, Urocissa whiteheadi
  • Sri Lanka Blue Magpie, Urocissa ornata

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China today (330 words)
The first set of three stamps depicts the dragoman cabot, produces hiddulphi, and urocissa caerulea gould, and the second set of two stamps pictures the phoenicurus alaschanicus and emberiza koslowi.
The dragoman cabot is in the First Category of National Protected Varieties, and can be found in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Hunan provinces, and in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
The urocissa caerulea gould is found in the hilly areas of Taiwan.
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