Indochinese green magpie

The Indochinese green magpie (''Cissa hypoleuca'') or yellow-breasted magpie, is a

passerine A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines are distinguished from other orders of birds by th ...

bird of the crow family,

Corvidae Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. In colloquial English, they are known as the crow family or corvids. Cu ...

. It is native to mainland southeast Asia (Indochina) and adjacent China. This species' yellow undersides make it distinct from the other species in its genus. They have russet coloured wings, with green shoulders, back, head and tail. They also have a thick black band marking from the bill, all the way round the head. The beak, legs and eye rings of this species are a vivid red, while their eyes are a very dark brown. As with all magpies in the Cissa genus, their green plumage comes from the pigment

lutein Lutein (;"Lutein"

Indochinese green magpie The Indochinese green magpie (''Cissa hypoleuca'') or yellow-breasted magpie, is a passerine bird of the crow family, Corvidae. It is native to mainland southeast Asia (Indochina) and adjacent China. This species' yellow undersides make it disti ...

Birds of South China Birds of Indochina Birds of Hainan Birds of Cambodia Birds of Laos Birds of Vietnam

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