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title: "Roodsnavelkitta"
description: "Urocissa erythroryncha — Vogels. The red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha) is a species of bird (magpie) in the crow family, Corvidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/red-billed-blue-magpie
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Roodsnavelkitta

> Urocissa erythroryncha — Vogels. The red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha) is a species of bird (magpie) in the crow family, Corvidae.

- Scientific name: *Urocissa erythroryncha*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 7564
- Wikidata: [Q766306](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766306)
- iNaturalist taxon: [495200](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/495200)

## Names

- en: Red-billed Blue-Magpie
- de: Rotschnabelkitta
- es: Urraca piquirroja
- fr: Pirolle à bec rouge
- nl: Roodsnavelkitta
- pl: Kitta czerwonodzioba

## Countries with the most observations

HK (3234), CN (2812), IN (495), TH (285), NP (85), VN (64), MO (53), MM (10), KH (6)

## Summary

The red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha) is a species of bird (magpie) in the crow family, Corvidae. It is about the same size as the Eurasian magpie, but has a much longer tail, one of the longest of any corvid. It is 65–68 cm (25.5–27 in) long and weighs 196–232 g (6.9–8.2 oz).

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

## Photo

![Roodsnavelkitta](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-billed-blue-magpie/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265125165

## Machine access

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