Bird Series 17 - Taiwan Blue Magpie - 藍鵲黯凌

a real beautiful bird (an endemics for Taiwan), while 1st day morning immediate after my 1st landscape view from previous post

http://liewwk-macro.blogspot.com/2010/05/travel-report-taiwan-may-2010-1.html

this bird flying by and I told my friend this is one most beautiful bird I ever see .. it is so beautiful with it long tail and action ..

some info get from www
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全長約65公分，算是蠻大型鳥，碧藍身軀，朱紅嘴喙，尾巴末端為白色。 分佈於 三百至一千二百公尺的低海拔闊葉林或次生林，最近網路票選國鳥第一名，正待立法院同意正式訂為國鳥的第一號候選鳥！
喜群居，有共同育雛的習性，叫聲沙啞，雜食性的鳥類，大如蛇、鼠、蜥蜴、蟾蜍都是牠的食物。
在陽明山前山公園常有藍鵲定期上演洗澡秀，是近距離觀察的好地點。
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- long ~65cm
- consider big bird
- blue body, red mouth and tail with white
- found from 300-1200m from sea level
- group

some record shots