White-winged Magpie

When to see the White-winged Magpie

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the White-winged Magpie

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the White-winged Magpie

The white-winged magpie or Hainan magpie is a passerine bird of the crow family, Corvidae. It is unusual among the members of its genus in that it is black and white, lacking the blue plumage other Urocissa magpies have. Thus, it is sometimes placed in its own monotypic genus, Cissopica, though it appears to have sufficient features to remain in the genus Urocissa. There are two subspecies, the nominate whiteheadi being found in Hainan and xanthomelana found in southern China, northern Vietnam, and north and central Laos. The two subspecies are distinctive and may merit specific status; further research is needed.

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Easily confused with

Sri Lanka Blue MagpieUrocissa ornataThe Sri Lanka blue magpie measures 42–47 cm (17–19 in) in length, which is larger than a mynah, but smaller than a crow. Yellow-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa flavirostrisLength 66 cm (26 in), including tail of about 46 cm (18 in). Taiwan Blue MagpieUrocissa caeruleaIt is 63–68 cm (25–27 in) in length.