Academia Sinica's research report mentions that smaller birds in the vicinity such as Chinese bulbuls, cinnamon sparrows and little drongos will often attack blue magpies fiercely as they fly past, sometimes forcing them to change course.
中研院的研究報告中指出，藍鵲巢附近的白頭翁、山麻雀、小卷尾等小鳥，常在藍鵲飛過時，往藍鵲身上猛烈撞擊，力道之大有時甚至迫使藍鵲改變航道。