Cissa (bird)
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Cissa is a genus of relatively short-tailed magpies, sometimes known as hunting cissas, that reside in the forests of tropical and subtropical southeast Asia and adjacent regions. The four species are
Kraska krátkoocasá Zoo Praha 1
Cissa chinensis Chiang Mai Zoo, Thailand 8a
Indochinese green magpie
Short tailed Green Magpie
Common green magpie
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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
Cissa (bird)
…are carnivorous, and mainly feed on arthropods and small vertebrates. The genus was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the common green magpie (Cissa chinensis) as the type species. The name Cissa is from the Ancient Greek kissa meaning a "jay" or "magpie". The genus Cissa contains four species…
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In bluish plumage due to lack of lutein, Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand
Common Green Magpie, Nepal