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ForestCup nestMedium · 149 g
ID tip
Length 66 cm (26 in), including tail of about 46 cm (18 in). Sexes alike. Head, neck, and breast black, with a white patch on the nape; remainder of lower plumage white, faintly tinged with lilac; whole upper plumage purplish-blue, brighter on the wings and tail; flight feathers tipped with white, along with white outermost wing feathers; tail long and graduated, with blue feathers tipped with white, except for the very long central pair which have a band of black in front of the white
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When to see the Yellow-billed Blue Magpie
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Yellow-billed Blue Magpie
The map shades 6 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 Vietnam.
About the Yellow-billed Blue Magpie
The yellow-billed blue-magpie , or gold-billed magpie, is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, along with crows and jays. It forms a superspecies with the Taiwan blue magpie and the red-billed blue magpie. The species' range covers the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, including the lower Himalayan foothills, with a disjunct population in Vietnam.
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Easily confused with
Taiwan Blue MagpieUrocissa caeruleaIt is 63–68 cm (25–27 in) in length.
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaThe head, neck, and breast are black with a bluish spotting on the crown.
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.
Side by side: Red-billed Blue Magpie vs Yellow-billed Blue Magpie · Taiwan Blue Magpie vs Yellow-billed Blue Magpie
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