How big is a Bornean Green Magpie?

The Bornean Green Magpie is a medium sized bird weighing about 125 g.

Where can you see a Bornean Green Magpie?

The Bornean Green Magpie is endemic to Malaysia, which is the only country where it occurs.

What birds look similar to a Bornean Green Magpie?

The Bornean Green Magpie is most easily confused with the Indochinese Green Magpie and the Common Green Magpie.

Is the Bornean Green Magpie endangered?

The Bornean Green Magpie is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Bornean Green Magpie

Cissa jefferyi

Crows, Jays, and Magpies · Passeriformes · Legendary

The Bornean Green Magpie (Cissa jefferyi) is a legendary crows, jays, and magpi found only in Malaysia, weighing about 125 g. The Bornean green magpie is a passerine bird in the crow family, Corvidae.

Least ConcernLegendaryEndemicEats invertebratesforestcup nest125 g

Bornean Green Magpie (Cissa jefferyi), photo 1 — Photo: Лариса Артемьева · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Bornean Green Magpie (Cissa jefferyi), photo 2 — Photo: Adam Kamal · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Bornean Green Magpie (Cissa jefferyi), photo 3 — Photo: Ryan van Huyssteen · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Bornean Green Magpie (Cissa jefferyi), photo 4 — Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Bornean Green Magpie (Cissa jefferyi), photo 5 — Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Bornean Green Magpie (Cissa jefferyi), photo 6 — Photo: Cheongweei Gan · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Bornean Green Magpie (Cissa jefferyi), photo 7 — Photo: Cheongweei Gan · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Bornean Green Magpie (Cissa jefferyi), photo 8 — Photo: Cheongweei Gan · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Bornean Green Magpie (Cissa jefferyi), photo 9 — Photo: Mike Prince from Bangalore, India · CC BY 2.0

Bornean Green Magpie (Cissa jefferyi), photo 10 — Photo: Cheongweei Gan · CC BY 4.0

About the Bornean Green Magpie

The Bornean green magpie is a passerine bird in the crow family, Corvidae. It is endemic to montane forests on the southeast Asian island of Borneo. It was formerly included as a subspecies of the Javan green magpie, but under the common name Short-tailed Green Magpie. Uniquely among the green magpies, the Bornean green magpie has whitish eyes.

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Where it lives

Malaysia

When to see it

Best months: April, May, June, July, August, October, November, December, with peak activity in May. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does a Bornean Green Magpie look like?: The Bornean green magpie is a passerine bird in the crow family, Corvidae.
How big is a Bornean Green Magpie?: The Bornean Green Magpie is a medium sized bird weighing about 125 g.
Where can you see a Bornean Green Magpie?: The Bornean Green Magpie is endemic to Malaysia, which is the only country where it occurs.
What birds look similar to a Bornean Green Magpie?: The Bornean Green Magpie is most easily confused with the Indochinese Green Magpie and the Common Green Magpie.
Is the Bornean Green Magpie endangered?: The Bornean Green Magpie is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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