---
title: "Taiwan Blue-Magpie"
description: "Urocissa caerulea — Uccelli. The Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea), also called the Taiwan magpie, Formosan blue magpie (Chinese: 臺灣藍鵲; pinyin: Táiwān lán què), or the \"long-tailed mountain lady\" (Chinese: 長尾山娘; pinyin: Chángwěi shānniáng; Taiwanese Hokkien: Tn̂g-boé soaⁿ-niû), is a bird species in the crow family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/taiwan-blue-magpie
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Taiwan Blue-Magpie

> Urocissa caerulea — Uccelli. The Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea), also called the Taiwan magpie, Formosan blue magpie (Chinese: 臺灣藍鵲; pinyin: Táiwān lán què), or the "long-tailed mountain lady" (Chinese: 長尾山娘; pinyin: Chángwěi shānniáng; Taiwanese Hokkien: Tn̂g-boé soaⁿ-niû), is a bird species in the crow family.

- Scientific name: *Urocissa caerulea*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 3800
- Wikidata: [Q94533](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94533)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8415](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8415)

## Names

- en: Taiwan Blue-Magpie
- de: Dickschnabelkitta
- es: Urraca de Formosa
- fr: Pirolle de Taiwan
- nl: Taiwankitta
- pl: Kitta modra

## Countries with the most observations

TW (3623)

## Summary

The Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea), also called the Taiwan magpie, Formosan blue magpie (Chinese: 臺灣藍鵲; pinyin: Táiwān lán què), or the "long-tailed mountain lady" (Chinese: 長尾山娘; pinyin: Chángwěi shānniáng; Taiwanese Hokkien: Tn̂g-boé soaⁿ-niû), is a bird species in the crow family. It is endemic to Taiwan.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_blue_magpie

## Photo

![Taiwan Blue-Magpie](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/taiwan-blue-magpie/medium.jpg)

Photo: prodewald · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/228474681

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/taiwan-blue-magpie?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).