Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyana/cooki

Azure-winged Magpie
Azure-winged Magpie
The Azure-winged Magpie, also called the Blue-tailed Magpie, comes, strangely, from the Iberian Peninsula and eastern Asia. Males and females have similar plumage. Recently the two geographically-separated magpies have been split into two different species on DNA evidence, the European bird being re-named the Iberian (Blue-tailed/Azure-winged) Magpie (C. cooki).
Blue-tailed Magpie
Azure-winged Magpie
Azure-winged Magpie
Habits and behaviour are similar to those of the European Magpie. Above are pictures of the East Asian Azure-winged Magpie.
Iberian Blue-tailed Magpie The Iberian Blue-tailed species/race.
Azure-winged Magpie East Asian Azure-winged species/race.
Azure-winged Magpie East Asian species/race.
Iberian Blue-tailed Magpie Wet and bedraggled Iberian Blue-tailed species.
Iberian Blue-tailed Magpie Wet, bedraggled Iberian Blue-tailed species.