About Grandala coelicolor Hodgson, 1843
Description: The grandala (Grandala coelicolor) has a body length of 19 to 23 cm, and weighs between 38 and 52 g. Adult males have intense dark blue plumage, with darker black tails and wings. Adult females have greyish-brown plumage, marked with fine white streaks on the underparts; their rumps are greyish-blue, and the tips and undersides of their wing feathers are white. Grandalas typically produce vocalizations that sound like "dew-ee" or "dewee". Juvenile grandalas have plumage similar to that of adult females, but lack the bluish tint found on the rump and upper tail feathers of adult females. Distribution: The grandala is a partial altitudinal migrant. In summer, it breeds in high alpine scrub and meadows at altitudes between 3,900 and 5,500 m. In winter, it descends to altitudes of 2,000 to 4,300 m, where it can be found in orchards. Its known range extends across the Himalayas, from Kashmir’s Kishenganga and Liddar valleys, through Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Nepal, and Sikkim, east to Arunachal Pradesh in India. While the grandala is common across this range, no scientific studies have been conducted on the species.
