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ForestCup nestMedium · 164 g
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The 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. It has bright red beaks and eyerings; its legs are equally bright, ranging from red to orange. Its body is 31–33 cm (12–13 in) long, and it has a 97–110 mm (3.8–4.3 in) short, bluntly graduated tail.
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When to see the Javan Green Magpie
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Javan Green Magpie
The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 6 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Malaysia, Thailand, China, Germany, United States, ZZ.
About the Javan Green Magpie
The Javan green magpie is a passerine bird in the crow family, Corvidae, endemic to montane forests on the island of Western Java, Indonesia. This critically endangered species was once more widespread, but it has suffered significant population declines due to habitat loss and illegal capture for the wild animal trade.
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Easily confused with
Bornean Green MagpieCissa jefferyiThe Bornean green magpie is a passerine bird in the crow family, Corvidae.
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.
Common Green MagpieCissa chinensisThe common green magpie is a member of the crow family, roughly the size of the Eurasian jay or slightly smaller.
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