Bornean_green_magpie

Bornean green magpie

Bornean green magpie

Species of bird

The Bornean green magpie (Cissa jefferyi) is a passerine bird in the crow family, Corvidae. It is endemic to montane forests on the southeast Asian island of Borneo.[2] It was formerly included as a subspecies of the Javan green magpie, but under the common name Short-tailed Green Magpie.[2] Uniquely among the green magpies, the Bornean green magpie has whitish eyes (dark reddish-brown in the other species).[2]

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It dwells in thick vegetation in the mid and upper storeys of forests, and makes only short flights.[3]

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.[4]

  • Photo taken near Liwagu Restaurant, Kinabalu Park.

References

  1. [1]
    BirdLife International (2016). "Cissa jefferyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22724829A94880505. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22724829A94880505.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Van Balen S et al., 2011. Biology, taxonomy and conservation status of the Short-tailed Green Magpie Cissa thalassina from Java. Bird Conservation International FirstView Article, pp 1-19.
  3. [3]
    Whitten, Tony and Jane (1992). Wild Indonesia: The Wildlife and Scenery of the Indonesian Archipelago. United Kingdom: New Holland. p. 131. ISBN 1-85368-128-8.
  4. [4]
    Dr. Mithilesh Mishra (27 August 2009). "Short-tailed Green Magpie catches a cicada". Retrieved 29 June 2012.
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