English: Azure-winged Magpie    
Russian: Голубая сорока 
Mongolian: Цэнхэр цанцаахай, Цэнхэр шаазгай
German: Blauelster  
French: Pie bleue   
Japanese: オナガ (Onaga)

Body length: 31-35 cm
Wing span: 38-45 cm

Resident breeder /passage migrant
Breeding season: May-August

Egg number: 5-7 (occasionally 9)
Egg colour: Creamy white with olive-brown or pale grey spots, blotches.
Brood:  1 per year

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern

Food: Adult and larval forest insects and pupae of Gypsy moths.

Habitat: Breeding birds nests in woodlands and moister valleys with trees and scrub in dry areas. The nest is placed in trees, on main forks of the trunk or larger branches, c.0.4-5  m high. The nest is a cup of twigs, roots and moss, with a little mud mixed in, lined thickly with plant fibres, hair and fur. Breeding has not yet been recorded in Hustai National Park.