China: Formosan Blue Magpie; watercolour from a gouache album of paintings of various Chinese birds, 19th century

From a collection of beautifully painted Chinese ornothological studies, mid-19th century, by an anonymous painter.

The Formosan Blue Magpie (Urocissa caerulea), also called the Taiwan Magpie or the 'long-tailed mountain lady' is a member of the Crow family. In 2007 it was chosen as Taiwan's national bird.

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