Prakruti Parichay
CorvidaeGarrulus

Black-brewed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus Black-headed Jay

Garrulus lanceolatus

33–33 cmMedium
Beak
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Feet
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Crest
Has a crest

Resident. NW mountains of Pakistan and Himalayas. Has black (slightly crested) head. white-streaked black throat, stout grey bill, and pinkish - fawn upperparts and underparts variably washed with blue-grey. Wings have patches of blue barring, similar to Eurasian Jay, but also white carpal patch and tips to tertials and flight feathers. in flight. show pinkish-fawn rump (rather than white in Eurasian), and has longer mainly blue tail with black cross-bars and white tip. Juvenile is similar. but duller and browner. in autumn and winter often in parties witll Eurasian Jay or Yellow-billed Blue Magpie. Mixed temperate forest.

Colour

WhiteBlackBlueGrey
Average size
33 cm
Habitat
Mixed temperate forest.
Behaviour
Resident., In autumn and winter often in parties witll Eurasian Jay or Yellow-billed Blue Magpie.

About this bird

Resident. NW mountains of Pakistan and Himalayas. Has black (slightly crested) head. white-streaked black throat, stout grey bill, and pinkish - fawn upperparts and underparts variably washed with blue-grey. Wings have patches of blue barring, similar to Eurasian Jay, but also white carpal patch and tips to tertials and flight feathers. in flight. show pinkish-fawn rump (rather than white in Eurasian), and has longer mainly blue tail with black cross-bars and white tip. Juvenile is similar. but duller and browner. in autumn and winter often in parties witll Eurasian Jay or Yellow-billed Blue Magpie. Mixed temperate forest.

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Black-brewed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus Black-headed Jay is bigger than Besra but smaller than Common Kestrel.

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Black-brewed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus Black-headed Jay

Garrulus lanceolatus

33–33 cm