The Male Grandala Is Beautiful Bird Who Has Electric Blue And Jet-Black Feathers

Grandalas ((Grandala coelicolor) are one of the most beautiful birds I have ever seen. The males are an electric blue colour with jet-black wings and tail, while the females are brown and scaly with a white wing bar.

BEHAVIOR Often in large flocks. Feeds on invertebrates and berries on ground, flicking wings and tail like a chat and perching on rocks. ID Male unmistakable, slim and long-winged, with plumage a shimmering cobalt blue except for black lores, wings, and slightly forked tail. Female grey-brown with extensive white streaking on head, upper mantle, and underparts; white scaling on vent and undertail coverts; two white patches on folded wing, one on primaries and one on secondaries (showing as wingbar in flight); and a blue tinge to rump and uppertail coverts.