Blue magpies have a strong social sense, often appearing in groups. Many birds that normally flock together seek out partners at breeding time and take them away to get on with rearing the next generation on their own. But blue magpie flocks stay together all year round.
藍鵲的社會性很強，常成群出現，許多平時成群結伴的鳥類，在繁殖季節就尋找對象，「各自帶開」進行孕育下一代的工作；同群藍鵲卻常終年不分離。