A Common Green Magpie (Cissa chinensis) coming for a drink from a pool in the forest in Western Thailand

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 striking bright green in colour (often fades to turquoise before moulting and in captivity), slightly lighter on the underside and has a thick black stripe from the bill (through the eyes) to the nape. The white-tipped tail is quite long. This all contrasts vividly with the red fleshy eye rims, bill and legs. 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.