Sri Lanka Blue Magpie
Urocissa ornata
Vulnerable
Stand-in photo: Thimindu, CC BY-SA 3.0
Look again
The most colourful bird of the rainforest is also one of the most easily lost in it. Blue disappears quickly in deep shade.
Field marks
Cobalt blue body, chestnut head and wings, and a red bill, legs and eye-ring. White tips on the long tail.
Family
Corvidae
Group
Magpie and drongo
Habitat
Wet-zone rainforest
Where to look
Sinharaja, Kitulgala, Morapitiya
Length
About 45 cm
IUCN status
Vulnerable
