In our two recent trips to India we have seen the Oriental magpie-robin several times. In December 2024 we saw them near Kaziranga NP, in Assam, across the street from where we stayed at Diphlu Lodge.
A few days later I saw one in Ranthambore, near Ranthambore NP, where we stayed at Khem Villas. I was on a tour of the grounds with one of the staff and he identified it as a white-breasted drongo. When I got home and reviewed it on iNaturalist, it was clear that it was an Oriental magpie-robin.
The nominate male of ssp, saularis, which I saw, is blue-black above and on the breast, with a white belly, white bands along the wing and a black bill and legs [Keoladeo and Khem Villas]. The female is like the male, but the black is replaced by gray, except on the wings [Diphlu Lodge near Kaziranga].
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| Illustration of female, ssp. saularis, from Birds of the World. |
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| Illustration of ssp. saularis, male, from Birds of the World. |
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| Range from Birds of the World. |
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