Red-Billed Blue Magpie

Red-Billed Blue Magpie

Urocissa erythroryncha

Eats

Consumes a wide variety of foods, including fruit, seeds, insects, and eggs.

Lives

Found in south-east Asia from the Himalayas to Vietnam. While they can adapt to urban habitats, forests and scrub lands are their preferred habitat.

Behavior

Can copy vocal sounds, mostly rattle and high pitch whistles like a flute. Magpies are known to be territorial during breeding season and will swoop on anything near their nesting site, but are social most of the time

Description

The Red-Billed Blue Magpie are colorful birds have bright red bills that stand out against their blue bodies. Their black heads feature a speckled crown and orange skin around their eyes, adding charm. One of their coolest traits is their long, bright blue tails that spread into a diamond shape when they fly. As part of the corvid family, which includes crows, they are known for their intelligence and playful, mischievous nature!

Did you Know?

"Magpie" is a shortened form of Margaret's Pie. Other names include madge, marget, miggy, and maggot.

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Least Concern
Least Concern
Near Threatened
Near Threatened
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
Endangered
Endangered
Critically Endangered
Critically Endangered
Extinct in the Wild
Extinct in the Wild
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