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ForestCup nestMedium · 152 g
ID tip
The head, neck, and breast are black with a bluish spotting on the crown. The shoulders and rump are a duller violet-blue, and the underparts are a greyish cream. The long tail is a brighter violet-blue (as are the wing primaries) with a broad, white tip. The bill is a bright orange-red, as are the legs and feet and a ring around each eye. This red can vary across its range to almost yellow in some birds.
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When to see the Red-billed Blue Magpie
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Red-billed Blue Magpie
The map shades 12 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United Arab Emirates.
About the Red-billed Blue Magpie
The red-billed blue magpie 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).
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Easily confused with
Taiwan Blue MagpieUrocissa caeruleaIt is 63–68 cm (25–27 in) in length.
Yellow-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa flavirostrisLength 66 cm (26 in), including tail of about 46 cm (18 in).
Sri Lanka Blue MagpieUrocissa ornataThe Sri Lanka blue magpie measures 42–47 cm (17–19 in) in length, which is larger than a mynah, but smaller than a crow.
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