Red-billed Blue Magpie - Urocissa erythrorhyncha

Length 1.7-2.1 ft (53.0-64.0 cm)
Weight 6.9-8.2 oz (196-232 g)
Clutch Size 3-6
Chicks at birth Altricial
IUCN Conservation Status Least Concern
Continents:AS
     

The Red-billed Blue Magpie is found in northwest India, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, southern China and Mongolia. Other names for this bird include Blue Magpie and Red-billed Magpie. Their head is black with a bluish spot on the crown. The upperparts are bluish and the underparts are white. The tail is blue with a broad white tip. The bill, legs, feet and eye-ring are bright orange-red.

Diet includes invertebrates, small, land-leeches, tree-frogs, small lizards, and some seeds. They will also eat the eggs and chicks of other birds.

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