Bornean green magpie | |
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In Sabah, Malaysia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Genus: | Cissa |
Species: | C. jefferyi
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Binomial name | |
Cissa jefferyi
Sharpe, 1888
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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]
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]
Bornean green magpie | |
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In Sabah, Malaysia | |
Scientific classification | |
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. [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]
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]