Javan green magpie
| Javan green magpie | |
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| Immature male at Chester Zoo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Genus: | Cissa |
| Species: | C. thalassina |
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Cissa thalassina (Temminck, 1826) |
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The Javan green magpie (Cissa thalassina) is a passerine bird in the crow family, Corvidae. This critically endangered species is endemic to montane forests on the Indonesian island of Java. It formerly included the Bornean green magpie as a subspecies, in which case the "combined" species was known as the short-tailed magpie.
In the wild, they naturally dye themselves bright green by eating green insects that contain a yellow pigment called lutein. When they're kept in cages, their colour can change from green to bright blue due to inadequate diet.
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