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==Description== In size it is a little smaller and slimmer than the [[European magpie]] (''Pica pica'') though the bill is relatively thicker. It is {{cvt|35|-|42|cm}} in length and weighs {{cvt|121|-|130|g}}. The overall colouring is black with the [[feather]]s quite silky in texture and having a purplish gloss in good light. The base of the tail tends to be more brown in colour than the rest of the body. Unusual for a [[passerine]] it has 10 rather than 12 tail feathers. The nasal plumes are somewhat upturned on top of the [[beak|bill]] but fully cover the nostrils. The bill itself is black in the adult but partly reddish-pink towards the base in juvenile specimens. The bird's legs and feet are black and the iris is variable, but tends towards violet, purple or mauve with a bluish-purple outer ring. The voice is usually described as a shrill squeaking often with the [[jackdaw]]-like overtones. There is also a croaking alarm call given in anger where the head bobs.<ref name=hbw>{{ cite book | last=dos Anjos | first=L. | year=2009 | chapter=Family Corvidae (Crows) | editor1-last=del Hoyo | editor1-first=J. | editor2-last=Elliott | editor2-first=A. | editor3-last=Sargatal | editor3-first=J. | title=Handbook of the Birds of the World | volume=14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows | location=Barcelona, Spain | publisher=Lynx Edicions | isbn=978-84-96553-50-7 | pages=494β640 [616β617] | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/handbookofbirdso0014unse/page/616/mode/1up | chapter-url-access=registration }}</ref>
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