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Green Magpie (Cissa chinensis)

About Green Magpie (Cissa chinensis)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Jays and Crows

The common green magpie is a member of the crow family, roughly the size of the Eurasian jay or slightly smaller. In the wild, specimens are usually a bright and lush green in colour, slightly lighter on the underside and have a thick black stripe from the bill through the eyes to the nape. Compared to that of the other members of its genus, the white-tipped tail is quite long. This all contrasts vividly with the red fleshy eye rims, bill and legs. The wings are reddish maroon.

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  • 2006-01-21
    Jim Corbett National Park - Kosi River, India
    Brief view in teak plantation