Common Green-Magpie

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Corvidae (Crows)

Common Green-Magpie

Cissa chinensis

蓝绿鹊 (lán lǜ-què)

    Malay : Gagak-Gunung Biasa

    Japanese : ヘキサン (hekisan)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 碧鵲

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 8,510,000km²
    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 37–39 cm; 120–133 g

    

    Subspecies (5) and Distribution

    EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

    Common Green-Magpie (Common) Cissa chinensis [chinensis Group]

• Cissa chinensis chinensis (Boddaert, 1783, China; error corrected to southern Thailand by Robinson and Kloss 1923; and further corrected to Mergui, Tenasserim by Stresemann 1952)
  – Himalayas from Uttarakhand (Garhwal) E to NE India (Arunachal Pradesh, S Assam hills), EC Bangladesh, N Myanmar, extreme S China (S Yunnan and SW Guangxi), Thailand, N Laos and Vietnam (N Annam), and possibly also S Laos.
• Cissa chinensis robinsoni (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906, Gunong Tahan, Pahang, Malay States)
  – extreme SW Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
• Cissa chinensis klossi (Delacour & Jabouille, 1924, Khesanh, Quangtri, Annam)
  – C Annam (Vietnam) and C Laos.
• Cissa chinensis minor (Cabanis, 1851, Sumatra)
  – Sumatra and Borneo.

    EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

    Common Green-Magpie (Yellow-crowned) Cissa chinensis margaritae

• Cissa chinensis margaritae (Robinson & Kloss, 1919, Langbian Peak, southern Annam)
  – Mt Langbian (S Annam) in Vietnam.
  

Distribution Map

Cissa chinensis ssp. robinsoni
Date : 01 April 2016

Location : Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Cissa chinensis ssp. robinsoni
Date : 01 April 2016

Location : Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Cissa chinensis ssp. robinsoni
Date : 01 April 2016

Location : Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Cissa chinensis ssp. robinsoni
Date : 01 April 2016

Location : Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Cissa chinensis ssp. robinsoni
Date : 18 February 2016

Location : Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang