Bornean green magpie

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]

Bornean green magpie
In Sabah, Malaysia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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

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]

Gallery

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  Photo taken near Liwagu Restaurant, Kinabalu Park.