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Cyanopica is a genus of magpie in the family Corvidae. They belong to a common lineage with the genus Perisoreus.<ref name=Ericson>Template:Cite journal</ref>

The genus Cyanopica was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The type species was designated by George Gray in 1855 as Corvus cyanus Pallas, 1766, the azure-winged magpie.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The generic name is derived from the Latin words cyanos, meaning "lapis lazuli", and pica, meaning "magpie".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

SpeciesEdit

The genus contains two species:<ref name=ioc>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
File:Cyanopica cyanus perched.jpg Cyanopica cyanus Azure-winged magpie eastern Asia in most of China, Korea, Japan, and north into Mongolia and southern Siberia
File:Blauelester donana.jpg Cyanopica cooki Iberian magpie southwestern and central parts of the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain and Portugal

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