Urocissa Cabanis, 1850 sec. Corvids of the World

Distribution
Asia-Temperate China (China North-Central nativeA, China South-Central nativeA, China Southeast nativeA, Hainan (Hainan nativeA), Inner Mongolia nativeA, Manchuria (Liaoning nativeA,1), Tibet (Tibet nativeA,2)); Eastern Asia (Taiwan (Taiwan nativeA)), Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Assam (Mizoram nativeA, Tripura nativeA), East Himalaya nativeA, Nepal (Nepal nativeA), Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka nativeA), West Himalaya nativeA); Indo-China nativeA
Description
Nostrils situated near base of culmen and covered by rather soft plumes contra stiff bristles in true magpies (Pica).B
Type specimens (Remarks)
Cabanis listed two species and the type was subsequently designated as Cuculus sinensis Linnaeus by Gray (1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 63). However, according to Hartert (1921, Vög. pal. Fauna, p.2027), Cuculus sinensis Linnaeus is not identifiable and the correct type of Urocissa is erythrorhyncha (=Corvus erythrorhyncha Boddaert).E
Bibliography
C. Makatsch, W. 1955: Brood parasitism in birds. [Der Brutparasitismus in der Vogelwelt.]: 192 [8672]