Bornean green magpie

Cissa jefferyi

The Bornean green magpie is a passerine bird in the crow family, Corvidae. It is endemic to montane forests on the southeast Asian island of Borneo. Uniquely among the green magpies, the Bornean green magpie has whitish eyes.
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Naming

It was formerly included as a subspecies of the Javan green magpie, but under the common name Short-tailed Green Magpie.

Behavior

It dwells in thick vegetation in the mid and upper storeys of forests, and makes only short flights.

Reproduction

The Bornean green magpie builds an open cup nest of sticks in the canopy. The Bornean green magpie has a rather harsh call; a reminder that they are passerine birds which belong to the crow family Corvidae.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyCorvidae
GenusCissa
SpeciesC. jefferyi
Photographed in
Malaysia