Oriental Magpie Robin
Description:-
19–21 cm; 29–51·3 g. Male nominate race is glossy blue-black above and on breast, with white belly, white bands on wings.
Voice:-
Song, from conspicuous perch, sometimes on the wing , full and varied.
Habitat:-
They preffers to stay in shady evergreen trees.
Food and feeding:-
Mainly insects, notably crickets, beetles, locustids, ants, firebugs, caterpillars, dragonflies etc.
Breeding:-
Season Apr-Jul in India and every one year in Sri Lanka; Feb-Aug in China; Jan-Sept in SE Asia; Jan-Aug.
Movements:-
Sedentary, although some evidence of altitudinal movements within the Himalayas.
Status and conservation:-
Not globally threatened (Least Concern). Common to quite common in India and Sri Lanka . Common in S China, also abundant Hong Kong and Mayanmar.
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