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 bills, a mainly green plumage, black mask, and rufous wings. Due to excess exposure to sunlight, they often appear rather turquoise in captivity. They are carnivorous, and mainly feed on arthropods and small vertebrates.
The genus was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the common green magpie as the type species. The name Cissa is from the Ancient Greek kissa meaning a "jay" or "magpie".
The genus Cissa contains four species:
| Species of Cissa | Species of Cissa | Species of Cissa | Species of Cissa |
| Common and binomial names | Image | Description | Range |
| Common green magpie | Lower Himalayas to mainland southeast Asia, as well as Borneo and Sumatra | ||
| Indochinese green magpie | Mainland southeast Asia and adjacent parts of China | ||
| Javan green magpie | Java | ||
| Bornean green magpie | Borneo |