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Rufous Treepie

Dendrocitta vagabunda

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Field Notes

Description:

It is long tailed and has loud musical calls making it very conspicuous.The sexes are alike and the main colour of the body is cinnamon with a black head and the long graduated tail is bluish grey and is tipped in black. The wing has a white patch.

Habitat:

It is found commonly in open scrub, agricultural areas, forests as well as urban gardens

Notes:

Details as on Wiki.

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Rufous Treepie

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Darwin26
You've a remarkable variety of Birds in your neck of India, Satyen. Thank you for sharing.

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PublishedSeptember 13, 2011

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