Common Green Magpie

When to see the Common Green Magpie

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Common Green Magpie

The map shades 12 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Common Green Magpie

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 on the underside and have a thick black stripe from the bill through the eyes to the nape. Compared to that of the other members of its genus, the white-tipped tail is quite long. This all contrasts vividly with the red fleshy eye rims, bill and legs. The wings are reddish maroon.

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Easily confused with

Indochinese Green MagpieCissa hypoleucaThis small bird is approximately 35 cm (14 in) in length and has a unique fluorescent plumage just like the other members of the Cissa genus. Bornean Green MagpieCissa jefferyiThe Bornean green magpie is a passerine bird in the crow family, Corvidae. Javan Green MagpieCissa thalassinaThe Javan green magpie has a green crown and underparts, with a black "mask" marking around the dark brown eyes, russet wings and white tertiary feathers.