CorvidaeUrocissa

Sri Lanka Blue Magpie

Urocissa omata

42–47 cmLarge
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Sri Lanka. Very distinctive. witll red bill, eye-ring and legs/feet. chestnut head, breast a ndflight feathers. blue body. and long white-tipped blue tail. Juvenile is duller. with brown eye-ring, a ndgrey wash to blue body {especially on underparts). Usually in groups of up to six. Globally threatened. Evergreen broadleaved forest.

Colour

BlueRedChestnutWhite
Average size
44.5 cm
Habitat
Evergreen broadleaved forest.
Behaviour
Resident., Usually in groups of up to six. Globally threatened.

About this bird

Resident. Sri Lanka. Very distinctive. witll red bill, eye-ring and legs/feet. chestnut head, breast a ndflight feathers. blue body. and long white-tipped blue tail. Juvenile is duller. with brown eye-ring, a ndgrey wash to blue body {especially on underparts). Usually in groups of up to six. Globally threatened. Evergreen broadleaved forest.

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Sri Lanka Blue Magpie is bigger than Nicobar Imperial Pigeon but smaller than Ar ctic Skua.