Making a list of birds with a long tail ... the magpie-jay can be 30 inches long, and more than half of it is its tail. It is ...

Thin and long tailed, with outer tail feathers almost entirely white (tail from below looks white). The bill is thin and pale gray. Breeding male: blue-gray above, including most of head and back.

Undersides with rufous barring, undertail is white. Juvenile: brown above, with rufous edges and white spots on upperwing coverts. Tail long ... preying on small- to medium-size birds and small ...