Azure-Winged Magpie
Cyanopica cyanus
Aves › Passeriformes › Corvidae › Cyanopica
Conservation status: least_concern
The azure-winged magpie is a bird in the crow family. It is 31–35 cm long and similar in overall shape to the Eurasian magpie but is more slender with proportionately smaller legs and bill. It belongs to the genus Cyanopica.
How To Identify
This bird is medium-sized for a magpie, characterized by deep iridescent black plumage across its body and head. Its namesake feature is the striking azure paneling found on both wings and tail edges, often visible during flight.
Habitat
It typically inhabits open woodlands, scrublands, and pine forests across temperate and subtropical regions of East Asia.
Behaviour
These highly gregarious birds forage together in noisy flocks, often performing acrobatic flights and cooperative hunting for insects and small prey.
Native Range
The azure-winged magpie occurs over a large region of eastern Asia in China Korea Japan and north into Mongolia and southern Siberia. "It occurs over a large region of eastern Asia in China, Korea, Japan, and north into Mongolia and southern Siberia.
Did You Know?
Its voice is a quick fired and metallic sounding kwink-kwink-kwink usually preceded by a single krarrah.
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