Crows (Corvidae)
Short-tailed Green Magpie (Cissa thalassina) - HBW 14, p. 597
French: Pirolle à queue courte
German: Buschelster
Spanish: Urraca Colicorta
Other common names: Short-tailed Magpie/Cissa; Bornean Magie (jefferyi)
Taxonomy: Kitta thalassina Temminck, 1826, Java and Sumatra.
Although often expanded to encompass Urocissa, present genus is distinctive in appearance of its members (the green magpies). This species forms a superspecies with C. chinensis and C. hypoleuca, and sometimes treated as conspecific with latter. Race jefferyi well differentiated and has been considered a separate species; further study, including molecular analysis, required. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- jefferyi Sharpe, 1888 - N Borneo from Mt Kinabalu S to Mt Murud, the Usan Apau plateau and Mt Dulit.
- thalassina ( Temminck, 1826) - W Java.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A front and a dorsal view of a bird on a tree fern and flying away Locality Mount Kinabalu National Park, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp jeffreyi)
Barry Attridge 15 July 2007 4 years ago 16 sec 4.8 -
A bird feeding in short grass at dawn Locality Mount Kinabalu National Park, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp jeffreyi)
Keith Blomerley 7 September 2001 4 years ago 25 sec 3.6 -
One adult feeding on a snake. Locality Mount Kinabalu National Park, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo
Vasas András 14 March 2010 1 year ago 1 min 29 sec 2.5
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A bird singing with a Bornean Treepie in the background.
Locality Mount Kinabalu National Park, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo
(ssp jefferyi)
Josep del Hoyo 10 August 1996 1 year ago 4 -
Calling early morning from high in the trees. Locality Mount Kinabalu National Park, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo
Sam Woods 9 July 2008 2 years ago 4
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