Common Green-Magpie
Cissa chinensis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
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.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Corvidae
- Genus
- Cissa