Cissa (genus)
Cissa | |
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Javan green magpie (Cissa thalassina) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Genus: | Cissa F. Boie, 1826 |
Type species | |
Coracias sinensis[1] Gmelin, 1788
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Species | |
Cissa is a
subtropical southeast Asia and adjacent regions. The four species are quite similar with bright red bills, primarily green plumage, black mask, and rufous
wings.
Due to a low-carotenoid diet[2] they often appear blue or turquoise in captivity; the structural color of their feathers.
They are
vertebrates
.
The genus was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the common green magpie (Cissa chinensis) as the type species.[3][4] The name Cissa is from the Ancient Greek kissa meaning a "jay" or "magpie".[5]
Species
The genus Cissa contains four species:[6]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Common green magpie | Cissa chinensis (Boddaert, 1783) |
Lower | Size: Common green magpies have long tail feathers, striped black and white tertiaries, and a subtle yellow cap Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Indochinese green magpie | Cissa hypoleuca Salvadori & Giglioli, 1885 Five subspecies
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Mainland southeast Asia and adjacent parts of China | Size: Unique to this genus, indochinese green magpies have a yellow underbelly Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Javan green magpie | Cissa thalassina (Temminck, 1826) |
Java | Size: Javan green magpies have short tails and white tertiary feathers Habitat: Diet: |
CR
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Bornean green magpie | Cissa jefferyi Sharpe, 1888 |
Borneo | Size: Bornean green magpies look much like the other species in this genus but have white irises Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
- ^ "Corvidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "When Javan Green Magpies feel blue – Silent Forest". www.silentforest.eu. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
- ^ Boie, Friedrich (1826). "Generalübersicht der ornithologischen Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen". Isis von Oken (in German). 19. Cols 969–981 [975 Fn. 2].
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1962). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 242.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Crows, mudnesters, birds-of-paradise". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 August 2019.