Common Green Magpie

The common green magpie is a member of the crow family, roughly the size of the Eurasian jay or slightly smaller, with reddish-maroon wings. In the wild it is a bright, lush green that often fades to turquoise in captivity or with a poor diet, because the pigment is carotenoid-based. It is slightly lighter below and has a thick black stripe from the bill through the eye (Wikipedia, general species account).

It occurs from the lower Himalayas in north-eastern India in a broad south-easterly band down to central Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and north-western Borneo. It seeks food on the ground and in the canopy, taking a very high percentage of animal prey, including invertebrates, small reptiles, mammals, and young birds and eggs. Nests are built in trees, large shrubs and often in tangles of climbing vines, with usually four to six eggs (Wikipedia, general species account).