Order  : Passériformes
Family : Corvidae
Species : Yellow-billed Blue Magpie

During a walk out of GutianShan villa with my fellow Climate Champion , we heard continuous chain of chirping sound.

We were walking near a plot of harvested padi field. Just then a flock of Magpie birds flew by. Their beautiful tails caught our full attention. For a momemt, we forgot about our motive - Food ! We were actually walking to a nearby village to buy chocolate.

On my return to Singapore, the images of this beauty bird hover in my mind.

Thank to Jern (photo) and Luan Keng (identification).

According to Wikipedia, the Black-billed Magpie is considered as Korea National Bird. Check out this link

Check this link for a video on Blue Magpie

Belong to crow family.

Feeding on insects. Grasshoppers is it's favourite meal.

In autumn and winter, it feeds on acorns and fruits. Hmm....no wonder we also spotted them in the plantation forest.

Yellow-billed Magpie loves tall trees along river.

You may spot their dome-shaped nest (build out of sticks and mud) on high branch. Similarly, Grey Heron also built it's nest on high branch.