Common Green Magpie
Cissa chinensis(Boddaert, P, 1783)
English (US) Common Green Magpie
The Common Green Magpie (Cissa chinensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Corvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Cissa chinensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Common Green Magpie
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Cissa chinensis chinensis
- Cissa chinensis klossi
- Cissa chinensis margaritae
- Cissa chinensis robinsoni
- Cissa chinensis minor
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Coracias chinensis
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
- Type locality
- China; error corrected to southern Thailand by Robinson and Kloss (1923, Journ. and Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, new ser., 18 (1922), p. 561); and further corrected to Mergui, Tenasserim bv Stresemann (1952, Ibis, 94, pp.516; 521).
- Original description
- Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.38
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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