| Bornean green magpie | |
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| In Sabah, Malaysia | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Genus: | Cissa |
| Species: | C. jefferyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cissa jefferyi Sharpe, 1888 | |
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. It was formerly included as a subspecies of the Javan green magpie, but under the common name Short-tailed Green Magpie. Uniquely among the green magpies, the Bornean green magpie has whitish eyes (dark reddish-brown in the other species).
It dwells in thick vegetation in the mid and upper storeys of forests, and makes only short flights.
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.
Gallery
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Photo taken near Liwagu Restaurant, Kinabalu Park.
References
- 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.
- ^ 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.
- 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.
- Dr. Mithilesh Mishra (27 August 2009). "Short-tailed Green Magpie catches a cicada". Retrieved 29 June 2012.
External links
- Bornean Green Magpie - this is no angry bird – video of nesting Bornean Green Magpie
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Cissa jefferyi | |