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Common Green Magpie

Crows, Drongos, Orioles & Shrikes

Photo: Dinesh Valke · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cissa chinensis

Basic stats

Diet

Invertebrates, small reptiles, mammals, young birds and eggs

Habitat

Feeds on the ground and in the canopy; nests in trees, large shrubs and vine tangles

Clutch size

Usually 4–6 eggs

Size

Roughly Eurasian jay size or a little smaller

The common green magpie is roughly the size of a Eurasian jay or slightly smaller. In the wild it is bright, lush green, slightly lighter below, with a thick black stripe from the bill through the eye to the nape and reddish-maroon wings. The white-tipped tail is quite long for its genus, and the bill, legs and fleshy eye rims are vividly red (Wikipedia, general species account).

It seeks food both on the ground and in the canopy and takes a very high share of animal prey, from countless invertebrates to small reptiles, mammals and young birds and eggs. The nest is built in trees, large shrubs and often in tangles of climbing vines, with usually four to six eggs, and the newborns are fed first. The sources read do not describe it in Bhutan.

Quick answers

What does the Common Green Magpie eat?
Invertebrates, small reptiles, mammals, young birds and eggs
What habitat does the Common Green Magpie live in?
Feeds on the ground and in the canopy; nests in trees, large shrubs and vine tangles
How many eggs does the Common Green Magpie lay?
Usually 4–6 eggs
How big is the Common Green Magpie?
Roughly Eurasian jay size or a little smaller
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