| Bornean green magpie | |
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| In Sabah, Malaysia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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]
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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]
