Azure-winged Magpie, Rabilargo

Description:

Bird in the crow family, 31–35 cm long and similar in overall shape to the European Magpie (Pica pica) but more slender with proportionately smaller legs and bill. It has a glossy black top to the head and a white throat. The underparts and the back are a light grey-fawn in colour with the wings and the feathers of the long tail are an azure blue. It inhabits various types of coniferous (mainly pine) and broadleaf forest, including parks and gardens in the eastern populations. It is considered a different species than the

Habitat:

It occurs in two population groups separated by a huge geographical region. One population lives in Western Europe, specifically the southwestern part of the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain and Portugal. It is considered a different species than the asian species, C. cyanus . This other population occurs over a much larger region of eastern Asia in most of China, Korea, Japan, and north into Mongolia. Spotted in Mediterranean forest at Parque Nacional de Monfragüe

Notes:

Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/160 sec.; f/6.3; ISO Speed Rating: 800. Focal Length: 300.0 mm.