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Azure-winged / Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cyanus/cooki

Status

Category E

Native Range

Europe and Asia

Azure-winged Magpie was, until recently a species that occurred in Iberia (Spain and Portugal) and the Far East (E-central Asia, Korea, Manchuria, China and Japan) but nowhere in between. It has now been split into two species. The Asian one has retained the name Azure-winged Magpie and the scientific name Cyanopica cyanus whilst the Iberian species is now called Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki

Conservation Status

Least Concern (both species)

British Occurrence

NBN atlas has 4 records as at end 2024. Map Here

NBN atlas has lumped the two species together

Where to see Azure-winged Magpie in captivity

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Notes

Given that it took molecular analysis to differentiate the two species in a lab, it would be difficult to impossible to confirm the specific identity of an escape in Britain (unless only one species is in captivity in Europe).