Sri Lanka Blue Magpie on forest floor, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka
A first view of a curious Sri Lanka Blue Magpie that finally approached us up close, after our guide lured them with corn. Just like most other magpie species, they can easily get used to people. Note that some of these birds are ringed, part of a research project.
The Sri Lanka blue magpie or Ceylon magpie is a member of the crow family living in the hill forests of Sri Lanka, where it is endemic.
This is a species of a dense wet evergreen temperate rain forest. It is declining due to loss of this habitat. Sri Lanka Blue Magpie is usually found in small groups of up to six or seven birds. It is largely carnivorous, eating small frogs, lizards, insects and other invertebrates, but will eat fruit.
Similar species: Perching Birds
By Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Jul 4, 2015. Captured Nov 17, 2014 13:55.
