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Red-billed Blue-Magpie

Urocissa erythroryncha

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.January 290, February 325, March 420, April 578, May 474, June 262, July 213, August 129, September 142, October 202, November 254, December 256.
China3,545
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region1,496
Zhejiang Province545
India336
Uttarākhand252
Beijing Municipality248
Guangzhou Province191
Thailand173
Sichuan Province144
Jiangsu Province135

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Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.BIRDBASE avian traits database
  • Tool-usingUses tools to obtain food or solve problemsChecked by the maintainer
  • SmartDemonstrates problem-solving and learningChecked by the maintainer

Dietary

  • OmnivoreFeeds on both plants and animalsFrom its classification

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyCrows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae
GenusBlue-Magpies · Urocissa

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