Editing Azure-winged magpie (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{speciesbox
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=''Cyanopica cyanus'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T103721987A112291292 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103721987A112291292.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>
| image = 2011 Blauelster in Shanghai.jpg
| image_caption = 
| genus = Cyanopica
| species = cyanus
| authority = ([[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]], 1776)
| range_map = Cyanopica cyanus distribution.png
| synonyms = ''Cyanopica cyana''
}}

The '''azure-winged magpie''' ('''''Cyanopica cyanus''''') is a [[bird]] in the [[Corvidae|crow family]]. It is 31–35&nbsp;cm long and similar in overall shape to the [[Eurasian magpie]] (''Pica pica'') but is more slender with proportionately smaller legs and [[beak|bill]]. It belongs to the genus ''[[Cyanopica]]''.

It has a glossy black top to the head and a white throat. The underparts and the back are a light grey-fawn in colour with the wings and the [[feather]]s of the long (16–20&nbsp;cm) tail an azure blue. It inhabits various types of [[conifer]]ous (mainly [[pine]]) and [[broadleaf forest]], including parks and gardens in the eastern populations.