Common Green Magpie
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Common Green Magpie

Cissa chinensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
5–10% · Rare
overall probability at Khangchendzonga National Park
10 Verified records at Khangchendzonga National Park
November Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

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. Wikipedia →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Green Magpie sighting in Khangchendzonga National Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Khangchendzonga National Park

Large-billed Crow
LC

Large-billed Crow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Corvus macrorhynchos

30–40% · Possible
Gold-billed Magpie
LC

Gold-billed Magpie

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Urocissa flavirostris

10–20% · With luck
Red-billed Chough
LC

Red-billed Chough

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

10–20% · With luck
Gray Treepie
LC

Gray Treepie

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dendrocitta formosae

10–20% · With luck
Collared Treepie
LC

Collared Treepie

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dendrocitta frontalis

5–10% · With luck
House Crow
LC

House Crow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Corvus splendens

5–10% · With luck
Common Raven
LC

Common Raven

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Corvus corax

<5% · Rare
Alpine Chough
LC

Alpine Chough

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pyrrhocorax graculus

<5% · Rare
Eurasian Jay
LC Endemic

Eurasian Jay

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Garrulus glandarius

Insufficient data
Blue Whistling-Thrush
LC

Blue Whistling-Thrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Myophonus caeruleus

40–50% · Likely
Rufous Sibia
LC

Rufous Sibia

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Heterophasia capistrata

40–50% · Likely
Green-backed Tit
LC Endemic

Green-backed Tit

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Parus monticolus

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

5–10
Jan
5–10
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
5–10
Aug
<5
Sep
5–10
Oct
20–30
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
20–30%
2 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
3 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
4 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
5 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
6 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
7 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
8 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
<5%
9 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
11 Ba Be National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
12 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Common Green Magpie in Khangchendzonga National Park?

About 5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Green Magpie sighting in Khangchendzonga National Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Common Green Magpie in Khangchendzonga National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Common Green Magpie in Khangchendzonga National Park in our monthly data.

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