Red billed blue magpie

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Shot in Pangot earlier this year in March. A flashier cousin of the crow, it takes the usual wide range of food, such as invertebrates, other small animals, and fruit and some seeds. It robs nests of eggs and also chicks. Vocal mimicry is very apparent in this species and its calls are very varied, but the most usual are a grating rattle and a high pitched whistle a little like a flute.

Nikon D90, Nikkor 300 mm f4 with TC 14E, at 420mm, ISO 200, 1/100s - F/5.6

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Long interesting tail held horizontally. It is good that you got eye contact. Looks like it was a bit far. The background attracts attention.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

Its good you could get the full tail in the frame. Nice eye contact. Thanks for sharing the detailed information.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

good eye contact and the colours of the bird have come out well.

TFS
Roopak

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Wonderful image. Your sharing of information and knowledge is equally liked by me. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Abhirup Dutta Gupta]

WONDERFUL image of this bird captured.......

[Shyamala Kumar]

Such a beautiful bird! Almost like a bird of Paradise.Unique capture.Thanks for sharing.

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Thanks everyone, its a beautiful bird and was lucky to get it undisturbed for a while