Short-tailed Magpie (Cissa thalassina)

Other Names (World)
Javan Green Magpie, Short-tailed Magpie, Short-tailed Green Magpie, Short-tailed Cissa, Bornean Magie (jefferyi), Javan Green-Magpie

Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)

Size
30 - 32 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1826)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From 950 - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland), Indonesia (B), Malaysia (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status CR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Javan Green Magpie (Cissa thalassina) [XC71616]
by Bas van Balen from , Indonesia (?)

Javan Green Magpie (Cissa thalassina) [XC71617]
by id from , Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
Although often expanded to encompass Urocissa, present genus is distinctive in appearance of its members (the green magpies). This species forms a superspecies with Green Magpie (Cissa chinensis) and Indochinese Green Magpie (Cissa hypoleuca), and sometimes treated as conspecific with Indochinese Green Magpie (Cissa hypoleuca). Subspecies jefferyi well differentiated and has been considered a separate species. Further study, including molecular analysis, required.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

jefferyi (Temminck, 1826) - Northern Borneo from Mt Kinabalu south to Mt Murud, the Usan Apau plateau and Mt Dulit. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Bornean Green Magpie (Cissa jefferyi).
thalassina (Temminck, 1826) - Western Java.

References
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Files:

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