Kinubi

Vinubi ni ndege wakubwa kiasi wa jenasi mbalimbali katika familia Corvidae. Kinubi mkia-kahawia huitwa kinubi kwa ufupi pia. Ndege hawa hawana wote mhenga mmoja. Mkia wao ni mrefu kuliko ule wa kunguru. Spishi nyingi ni nyeusi au nyeusi na nyeupe; nyingine zina rangi ya buluu, ya majani au ya kahawa. Wanatokea Amerika ya Kaskazi, Ulaya, Afrika na Asia. Hula nusra kila kitu: wanyama na ndege wadogo, wadudu, mizoga, matunda, nafaka n.k. Hulijenga tago lao kwa vijiti mtini. Jike huyataga mayai 5-10.

Kinubi
Kinubi mkia-kahawia
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Ngeli: Aves (Ndege) Oda: Passeriformes (Ndege kama shomoro) Familia ya juu: Corvoidea (Ndege kama kunguru) Familia: Corvidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na kunguru) Jenasi: Cissa Boie, 1826 Crypsirina Vieillot, 1816 Cyanopica Bonaparte, 1850 Dendrocitta Gould, 1833 Pica Brisson, 1760 Platysmurus Reichenbach, 1850 Ptilostomus Swainson, 1837 Temnurus Lesson, 1831 Urocissa Cabanis, 1850 Spishi: Angalia katiba

Spishi za Afrika

• Pica pica, Kinubi Rangi-mbili (Common Magpie)
  • Pica p. mauritanica, Kinubi Rangi-mbili wa Afrika ( North African Magpie)
• Ptilostomus afer, Kinubi au Kinubi Mkia-kahawia (Piapiac)

Spishi za mabara mengine

• Cissa chinensis (Green Magpie)
• Cissa hypoleuca (Yellow-breasted Magpie)
• Cissa thalassina (Short-tailed Magpie)
• Crypsirina cucullata (Hooded Treepie)
• Crypsirina temia (Black Racket-tailed Treepie)
• Cyanopica cooki (Iberian Magpie)
• Cyanopica cyana (Azure-winged Magpie)
• Dendrocitta bayleyi (Andaman Treepie)
• Dendrocitta cinerascens (Bornean Treepie)
• Dendrocitta formosae (Grey Treepie)
• Dendrocitta frontalis (Black-faced or Collared Treepie)
• Dendrocitta leucogastra (White-bellied Treepie)
• Dendrocitta occipitalis (Sumatran Treepie)
• Dendrocitta vagabunda (Rufous Treepie)
• Pica hudsonia (Black-billed Magpie)
• Pica nuttalli (Yellow-billed Magpie)
• Pica pica (Common Magpie)
  • Pica p. sericea (Korean Magpie)
• Platysmurus leucopterus (Black Magpie)
• Temnurus temnurus (Ratchet-tailed Treepie)
• Urocissa caerulea (Formosan Blue Magpie)
• Urocissa erythrorhyncha (Red-billed Blue Magpie)
• Urocissa flavirostris (Gold-billed Magpie)
• Urocissa ornata (Sri Lanka Blue Magpie)
• Urocissa whiteheadi (White-winged Magpie)

Spishi za kabla ya historia

• Pica mourerae (Mwisho wa Pliocene – mwanzo wa Pleistocene ya Mallorca)

Picha

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  Kinubi rangi-mbili wa Afrika
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  Kinubi mkia-kahawia

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  Green magpie
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  Yellow-breasted magpie
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  Iberian magpie
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  Azure-winged magpie
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  Bornean treepie
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  Grey treepie
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  White-bellied treepie
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  Rufous treepie
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  Black-billed magpie
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  Yellow-billed magpie
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  Eurasian magpie
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  Formosan blue magpie
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  Red-billed blue magpie
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  Yellow-billed blue magpie
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  Sri Lanka blue magpie