What does the Azure-winged Magpie eat?

The Azure-winged Magpie's diet shapes where and when you'll find it. Understanding what it eats helps you predict where to look.

Diet overview

Omnivore

How it forages

Highly omnivorous, feeding on a wide variety of items. Diet includes acorns, pine nuts, seeds, fruits, berries, insects (especially caterpillars, beetles, and grasshoppers), spiders, small reptiles, eggs, and nestlings of other birds. They often cache food, particularly acorns, for later consumption. Forages both on the ground and in trees.

When it feeds

Diurnal

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