Prakruti Parichay
CorvidaeUrocissa

Yellow-billed Blue Magpie

Urocissa flavirostris

61–66 cmVery Large
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Himalayas and NE India. from Red-billed Blue by yellow or orange-yellow bill, small white crescent on nape. duller blue-grey mantle and wings. Juvenile similar to adult. but has duller ead and upperparts. more extensive white on nape, and dull olive-yellow bill. In W Himalayas Ut. cucu/lBIB has white underparts and bluer mantle and wings than Ut flaviroslris of E Himalayas, which as greyer mantle and wings and primrose-yellow wash to underparts. Usually in pairs or flocks of up to te n. Parties cross clearings in single file. Forages with agility, hopping from branch to branch, also feeds on ground, progressing in long hops. Temperate mixed forest.

Colour

BlueYellowRedOrange
Average size
63.5 cm
Habitat
Temperate mixed forest.
Behaviour
Resident., ead and upperparts. more extensive white on nape, and dull olive-yellow bill. In W Himalayas Ut. cucu/lBIB has white underparts and bluer mantle and wings than Ut flaviroslris of E Himalayas, which as greyer mantle and wings and primrose-yellow wash to underparts. Usually in pairs or flocks of up to te n. Parties cross clearings in single file. Forages with agility, hopping from branch to branch, also feeds on ground, progressing in long hops.

About this bird

Resident. Himalayas and NE India. from Red-billed Blue by yellow or orange-yellow bill, small white crescent on nape. duller blue-grey mantle and wings. Juvenile similar to adult. but has duller ead and upperparts. more extensive white on nape, and dull olive-yellow bill. In W Himalayas Ut. cucu/lBIB has white underparts and bluer mantle and wings than Ut flaviroslris of E Himalayas, which as greyer mantle and wings and primrose-yellow wash to underparts. Usually in pairs or flocks of up to te n. Parties cross clearings in single file. Forages with agility, hopping from branch to branch, also feeds on ground, progressing in long hops. Temperate mixed forest.

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Yellow-billed Blue Magpie is bigger than Brown Skua but smaller than Lesser Fish Eagle.

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Yellow-billed Blue Magpie

Urocissa flavirostris

61–66 cm