Yellow-billed blue magpie

The yellow-billed blue-magpie , or gold-billed magpie (Urocissa flavirostris), is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, along with crows and jays.

The species' range covers the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, including the lower Himalayan foothills, with a disjunct population in Vietnam.

From Simla eastwards, the closely related red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha) is often found in the same areas as the yellow-billed species; it is particularly common about Mussoorie, Tehri-Garhwal, -Kumaon, and in Nepal, and may be easily distinguished by its red beak and the greater extent of the white nape-patch.

Their diet consists of small mammals, the eggs and young of other birds, insects, wild fruits and berries.

The markings consist of small specks, blotches, streaks, and mottlings of various shades of brown, sienna 1 or purple, and they generally tend to collect in a cap or zone about the broad end of the egg.