Common Green Magpie (Cissa chinensis) from Panchase Protected Forest area.

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Corvidae
Genus:	Cissa
Species:	C. chinensis
Binomial name
Cissa chinensis (Boddaert, 1783)

• The Common Green Magpie (Cissa chinensis) is a member of the crow family, roughly about the size of the Eurasian Jay or slightly smaller. 
• It is a vivid green in colour (often fades to turquoise in captivity), slightly lighter on the underside and has a thick black stripe from the bill (through the eyes) to the nape.
•  Compared to 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 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.
• 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.