Gold-billed Magpie
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Gold-billed Magpie

Urocissa flavirostris

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
40–50% · Likely
overall probability at Langtang National Park
145 Verified records at Langtang National Park
December Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The yellow-billed blue-magpie , or gold-billed magpie (Urocissa flavirostris), is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, along with crows and jays. It forms a superspecies with the Taiwan blue magpie and the red-billed blue magpie. The species' range covers the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, including the lower Himalayan foothills, with a disjunct population in Vietnam. Wikipedia →

40–50% of wildlife watchers report a Gold-billed Magpie sighting in Langtang National Park, based on 145 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Langtang National Park

Red-billed Blue Magpie
LC

Red-billed Blue Magpie

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Urocissa erythroryncha

<5% · Rare
Large-billed Crow
LC

Large-billed Crow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Corvus macrorhynchos

70–80% · Very likely
Red-billed Chough
LC

Red-billed Chough

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

20–30% · Possible
Alpine Chough
LC

Alpine Chough

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pyrrhocorax graculus

10–20% · With luck
Common Raven
LC

Common Raven

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Corvus corax

10–20% · With luck
Gray Treepie
LC

Gray Treepie

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dendrocitta formosae

5–10% · With luck
Eurasian Jay
LC Endemic

Eurasian Jay

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Garrulus glandarius

<5% · Rare
House Crow
LC

House Crow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Corvus splendens

<5% · Rare
Rufous Treepie
LC

Rufous Treepie

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dendrocitta vagabunda

<5% · Rare
Black-headed Jay
LC

Black-headed Jay

Bird

Garrulus lanceolatus

Insufficient data
Blue Whistling-Thrush
LC

Blue Whistling-Thrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Myophonus caeruleus

60–70% · Likely
Streaked Laughingthrush
LC

Streaked Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Trochalopteron lineatum

50–60% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

40–50
Jan
50–60
Feb
20–30
Mar
30–40
Apr
20–30
May
40–50
Jun
40–50
Jul
40–50
Aug
40–50
Sep
40–50
Oct
50–60
Nov
50–60
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
40–50%
2 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
3 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
Insufficient data
4 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Gold-billed Magpie in Langtang National Park?

About 42% of wildlife watchers report a Gold-billed Magpie sighting in Langtang National Park, based on 145 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Gold-billed Magpie in Langtang National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Gold-billed Magpie in Langtang National Park in our monthly data.

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