Profile
In flight
Clever Corvids
Taiwan Blue-Magpie
Urocissa caerulea
- mythic
- 85 km/h
- Least Concern
Taiwan's 'long-tailed mountain lady,' the island's national bird, sailing through hill forests in loose family streamers of cobalt and red. Bold enough to scold hikers and steal lunch.
- Population
- stable, restricted as endemic to Taiwan
- Habitat
- lowland and montane broadleaf forest, forest edge, suburban groves
- Diet
- fruit, large insects, small vertebrates, eggs, carrion
- Size
- 0.65 m
- Wingspan
- 0.42 m
