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Urocissa erythrorhyncha
Slaty-blue bird with very long tail and robust, red bill; black head; neck and breast with bluish spotting on crown; creamy-grey underparts; white nape patch; black subterminal band to white-tipped tail; red legs Sexes alike Photo taken at Sattal, Uttarakhand, India
Mixed forests; cultivation and gardens.
Juveniles have greyish bill; very similar to Yellow-billed's Info taken from: Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh By – Bikram Grewal, Sumit Sen, Sarwandeep Singh, Nikhil Devasar and Garima Bhatia
Spotted on Mar 28, 2021
Submitted on May 8, 2021
2 Comments
Thanks, Neil Ross
Beautiful spotting! I'm amazed at the variety of birds in India, particularly those I've never seen before. Thank you for sharing this, Karan.