Red-Billed Blue Magpie is an Indian bird that bears a scientific name "Urocissa erythroryncha"and to the family of crow.
Category of Red-Billed Blue Magpie
Red-Billed Blue Magpie is a species of bird in the crow family, Corvidae. It is about the same size as the European magpie but has a much longer tail, one of the longest tails of any corvid.
Structure of Red-Billed Blue Magpie
Red-Billed Blue Magpie is 65-68 cm long and weighs 196-232 grams. The head neck and breast of Red-Billed Blue Magpie is black with a bluish spotting on the crown. The shoulders and rump are a duller blue and the under parts are greyish cream.
Tail of Red-Billed Blue Magpie
The long tail of Red-Billed Blue Magpie is brighter blue (as are the wing primaries) with a broad white tip.
Bill of Red-Billed Blue Magpie
The bill of Red-Billed Blue Magpie is a bright orange-red as are the legs and feet and a ring around the eye. This red can vary across its range to almost yellow in some birds.
Concentration of Red-Billed Blue Magpie
Red-Billed Blue Magpie occurs in a broad swathe from the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, and further eastwards. It ranges from the Western Himalayan Mountain Range eastwards into Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam in evergreen forest and scrub in predominantly hilly or mountainous country.
Nets of Red-Billed Blue Magpie
Red-Billed Blue Magpie is found in trees and large shrubs in a relatively shallow nest. There are usually three to five eggs laid.
Feeding of Red-Billed Blue Magpie
The feeding of Red-Billed Blue Magpie is sought both in trees and on the ground. It takes the usual wide range of food, such as invertebrates, other small animals, and fruit and some seeds.
Hunting of Red-Billed Blue Magpie
Red-Billed Blue Magpie robs nests of eggs and also chicks. The vocal mimicry of Red-Billed Blue Magpie is very apparent in this species.
Call of Red-Billed Blue Magpie
The call of Red-Billed Blue Magpie is varied, but the most usual is a grating rattle and a high pitched whistle a little like a flute.
