Taiwan Blue-Magpie
Taiwan Blue-Magpie
Here the details of the Taiwan Blue-Magpie named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Urocissa caerulea Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1862) (1862), Pt3 p.282
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Corvidae / Urocissa
Taxonomy Code: formag1
Type Locality: Formosa.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1863
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
UROCISSA
(Corvidae; Ϯ Red-billed Blue Magpie U. erythrorhyncha) Gr. ουρα oura tail; genus Cissa Boie, 1826, magpie; "Gen. UROCISSA nov. gen. *) Schweif-Kitta. Callocitta Gray pt. 487. 1. U. sinensis Nob. — Cuculus sinensis Lin. Corvus erythrorhynchus Gm. Syst. No. 34. — Caracias melanocephala Lath. — Psilorhinus sinensis Blyth. ... 488. 2. U. flavirostris Nob. — Psilorhinus flavirostris Blyth. Jour. As. Soc. Bengal. Vol. XV. (1846) pag. 28. No. 5. ... *) Gray stellte den Typus der Gattung, den Cuculus sinensis Lin. zu seiner Gattung Callocitta und vereinigte später diese Gattung mit Psilorhinus Rüpp. Typus der Gattung Callicitta ist Bullocki (Wagl) und ist dieselbe nahe verwandt mit Psilorhinus, indem beide zu den Garrulinen gehören. Urocissa gehört indess keineswegs in die Familie der Corvidae, sondern steht sicherlich in naher Verwandtschaft mit Cissa, wie von uns schon früher angedeutet worden ist. Ausser den beiden aufgeführten unterscheidet Blyth noch 3 Arten oder Abarten: 1. U. occipitalis. — Psilorh. occipitalis Blyth. von Nepal. 2. U. magnirostris. — Psilorh. magnirostris Blyth. von Arracan ... 3. U. albicapillus. — Psil. albicap. Blyth. von Simla" (Cabanis 1853); "Urocissa Cabanis 1850 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, p. 87. Type, Corvus erythrorhynchus Boddaert.1 ... 1 Cabanis listed two species, Cuculus sinensis Linnaeus and Psilorhinus flavirostris Blyth, and the type was subsequently designated as Cuculus sinensis by Gray (1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 63). However, according to Hartert (1921, Vög. pal. Fauna, p. 2027), Cuculus sinensis of Linnaeus is not identifiable and the correct type of Urocissa is "sinensis of authors" [= Corvus erythrorhynchus Boddaert]." (Vaurie in Peters 1962, XV, 240).
Synon. Biophorus, Cissopica.
caerulea
L. caeruleus blue, azure-blue, sky-blue, dark-blue (can also mean dark, dark green, or black) (see also caeruleus).
● ex “Cotinga” of Brisson 1760, and “Cotinga du Brésil” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Cotinga cotinga).
● ex “Coucou bleu de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Coua).
● "76. ARDEA. ... cærulea. 13. A. occipite cristato, corpore cæruleo. Ardea major grisea cristata, capite nigro, vertice & ciliis albicantibus. Brown. jam. 478. Ardea cærulea. Catesb. car. 1. p. 76. t. 76. Alb. av. 3. p. 74. t. 79. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 314. t. 264. f. 5. Raj. av. 189. Habitat in America septentrionali." (Linnaeus 1758) (Egretta).
● ex “Other Blue Peteril” of Cook 1777, and “Blue Petrel” of J. R.. Forster 1777, and Latham 1785 (Halobaena).
● ex “Gobe-mouche bleu des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 666, fig. 1, “Petit azur” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Azure Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Hypothymis azurea).
● "97. LOXIA. ... cærulea. L. cærulea, alis fuscis fascia baseos purpurea. Coccothraustes cærulea. Catesb. car. 1. p. 39. t. 39. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Passerina).
● ex “Moineau bleu de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 203, fig. 2, “Passe-bleu” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Blue Tanager” of Latham 1783 (syn. Passerina cyanea).
● ex “Bruant bleu de Canada” of Brisson 1760 (?syn. Passerina cyanea).
● ex “Little Blue-grey Fly-catcher” of Edwards 1760, and “Figuier cendré de Pensilvanie” of Brisson 1760 (Polioptila).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)