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Calocitta formosa
Largish bird, with a blue back and and a blue tail with white on the end of it. It has a white belly and throat, with a black band around the neck, with a black and white crest on its head.
It can be found in tropical dry forest, thorn forest,deciduous woodlands, and coffee plantations.
It flies gracefully, its long tail streaming out behind it. It can be found in groups of up to 15, but you will usually see a flock of about 5 to 10 birds.
Spotted on Oct 1, 2014
Submitted on Jan 1, 2015
7 Comments
Great first image.....welcome to PN!
Lovely portrait - where did you see it? You could add that specific information to the habitat section (e.g., your yard, in a park, etc.)
Love the hat....would be quite appropriate even at the Ascot races.
Welcome to Project Noah, sam11,
I hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore:
I invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah.
There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms.
There are also the chats for help with identification, and to comment on your own and others’ spottings.
Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into:http://www.projectnoah.org/missions
Enjoy yourself here, see you around!
Great picture!
lovely!
Beautiful bird Sam