Cissa chinensis
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The common green magpie (Cissa chinensis) is a member of the crow family, roughly the size of the Eurasian jay or slightly smaller. In the wild, specimens are usually a bright and lush green in colour (which often fades to turquoise in captivity or with poor diet as the pigment is carotenoid-based), slightly lighter on the underside and have a thick black stripe from the bill through the eyes to the nape. Compared to that of the other members of its genus, the white-tipped tail is quite long. This all contrasts vividly with the red fleshy eye rims, bill and legs. The wings are reddish maroon.
It is found from the lower Himalayas in north eastern India in a broad south easterly band down into central Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and northwestern Borneo in evergreen forest (including bamboo forest), clearings and scrub.
This bird seeks food both on the ground and in the canopy of the trees, and takes a very high percentage of animal prey from countless invertebrates, small reptiles, mammals and young birds and eggs. It will also take flesh from a recently killed carcass.
They will usually feed the newborns first. The nest is built in trees, large shrubs and often in tangles of various climbing vines. There are usually 4–6 eggs laid. The voice is quite varied but often a harsh peep-peep. It also frequently whistles and chatters. Wikipedia →
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India · 2025
© Sagnik Dutta Roy · iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0
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Thailand · 2026
© Saran Pluemjit · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 2 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 9 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 2 | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prague Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 2 | National Zoological Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | London Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Zoo d'Aïn-Sebaâ | 🇲🇦 Morocco | |
| 5 | Zoo Lagos | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 6 | Bali Bird Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Rákosův pavilon | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 8 | Velemlokárium | 🇨🇿 Czechia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Common Green Magpie sighting in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, based on 294 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 36th most-seen of the 388 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and October–December
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Common Green Magpie in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, against about 20% in January–February and April–June, the lowest months. Those are among Royal Manas National Park's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain a month against 930 mm in July. August and September have too few records to rate.
Between 1 and 4 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Green Magpie sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Yes
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Common Green Magpie sightings, Royal Manas National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Namdapha National Park (India, about 20%) and Khao Yai National Park (Thailand, about 20%).
Same family: Corvidae
The closest relatives of the Common Green Magpie that you can see in Royal Manas National Park (family Corvidae, Crows, Jays, and Magpies) are Gray Treepie (about 40%), Large-billed Crow (about 20%) and Collared Treepie (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Green Magpie is recorded against all the birds logged in Royal Manas National Park (294 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
