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The red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha) belongs to the family Corvidae under the order Passeriformes.

Red-billed blue magpie taxonomy

The Corvidae is the family of crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays and treepies.

The family Corvidae was first described by William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836), an English zoologist and marine biologist, in the year 1820.

The family Corvidae comprises six subfamilies including Cissinae. The subfamily Cissinae comprises two genera, Urocissa and Cissa.

The genus Urocissa was first introduced by Jean Louis Cabanis (8 March 1816 – 20 February 1906), a German ornithologist, in the year 1850.

The genus Urocissa comprises five species, viz., Urocissa caerulea, Urocissa erythroryncha, Urocissa flavirostris, Urocissa whiteheadi and Urocissa ornata.

The species Urocissa erythroryncha was first described by Pieter Boddaert (1730 – 6 May 1795), a Dutch physician and naturalist, in the year 1783. The species Urocissa erythroryncha is polytypic and comprises five subspecies.

Taxonomic classification
Binomial name:Urocissa erythroryncha
Species:U. erythroryncha
Genus:Urocissa
Subfamily:-
Family:Corvidae
Order:Passeriformes
Class:Aves
Phylum:Chordata
Kingdom:Animalia
Red-billed blue magpie - Urocissa erythrorhyncha
1.Red-billed blue magpie - Urocissa erythrorhyncha
Image by Blake Matheson


Urocissa erythrorhyncha
2.Red-billed blue magpie - Urocissa erythrorhyncha
Image by Charles Lam

Urocissa erythrorhyncha
3.Red-billed blue magpie - Urocissa erythrorhyncha
Image by David Cook

Urocissa erythrorhyncha
4.Red-billed blue magpie - Urocissa erythrorhyncha
Image by Charles Lam

Urocissa erythrorhyncha
5.Red-billed blue magpie - Urocissa erythrorhyncha
Image by Patty McGann

Urocissa erythrorhyncha
6.Red-billed blue magpie - Urocissa erythrorhyncha
Image by soumyajit nandy

Urocissa erythrorhyncha
7.Red-billed blue magpie - Urocissa erythrorhyncha
Image by Aaron Maizlish

Urocissa erythrorhyncha
8.Red-billed blue magpie - Urocissa erythrorhyncha
Image by Aaron Maizlish

Urocissa erythrorhyncha
9.Red-billed blue magpie - Urocissa erythrorhyncha
Image by Kishore Bhargava
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1.Red-billed blue magpie image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/34328261@N02/3211080193/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Blake Matheson | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 6/28/18
2.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Urocissa_erythrorhyncha.jpg (cropped)
Author: Charles Lam | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 6/28/18
3.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kookr/16789002642/ (cropped)
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Author: Aaron Maizlish | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 6/28/18
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Author: Aaron Maizlish | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 6/28/18
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Image author: Kishore Bhargava | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 6/28/18
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