Sri Lanka blue magpie (Urocissa ornata)

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Subject:	Sri Lanka blue magpie (Urocissa ornata)
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Cissa ornata = Urocissa ornata

Date 1878
Source A History of the Birds of Ceylon. Volume 1
Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CissaOrnataLegge.jpg

The Sri Lanka blue magpie or Ceylon magpie (Urocissa ornata) is a brightly coloured member of the Corvidae family and found exclusively in Sri Lanka. Urocissa ornata is adapted to hunting in the dense canopy, where it is highly active and nimble.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Urocissa
Species: Urocissa ornata (Wagler, 1829)
Synonym: Pica ornata Wagler, 1829

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