Confusing Blue-Magpie from Pakistan (1 Viewer)

[Azan Khan]

Hi everyone, hope all are well. Can you please help me ID it? And share reasons why (why not) it is a Red-billed Blue-Magpie/ or Yellow-billed Blue-Magpie?
I'd appreciate your valuable response to this post. Note: Red-billed Blue-Magpie hasn't been documented in Pakistan yet.

Kind regards,
Azan Karam

 

[Azan Khan]

Location: Islamabad, Pakistan

 

[Butty]

I suspect that the white doesn't go high enough up onto the rear crown for red-billed blue magpie - and thus it would be a juvenile yellow-billed blue magpie.

 

[andyb39]

I agree with Butty - apart form the extent of white on the crown, a juvenile Red-billed at this stage would probably have brighter, bluer upperparts and tail with a clean black head and red bill and legs. Underparts look quite dirty as well, not clean whitish as in Red-billed. The 4th image clearly shows yellow areas on the bill.

I see there are claimed sightings of Red-billed on eBird but no photos, which always makes me suspicious.

 

[Azan Khan]

Thank you gentlemen. I appreciate your valuable response.