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Cissa (magpie)
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Cissa (genus)
Cissa
is a
genus
of relatively short-tailed
magpies
, though sometimes known as hunting cissas, that reside in the
forests
of
tropical
and
subtropical
southeast Asia
and adjacent regions. The four species are quite similar with bright red
bill
s, a mainly green
plumage
, black mask, and
rufous
wings. Due to excess exposure to sunlight (and, possibly, a low-
carotenoid
diet), they often appear rather
turquoise
(instead of green) in
captivity
. They are
carnivorous
, and mainly feed on
arthropods
and small
vertebrates
.
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