Cyanopica
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Cyanopica is a small genus of magpies 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>
Species
The genus contains two species:<ref name=ioc>Template:Cite web</ref>
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Cyanopica cyanus | Azure-winged magpie | eastern Asia in most of China, Korea, Japan, and north into Mongolia and southern Siberia |
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Cyanopica cooki | Iberian magpie | southwestern and central parts of the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain and Portugal |