Rare Javan Green Magpie At Chester Zoo In Extinction Prevention Attempt

The Javan Green magpie is a Critically Endangered bird, bird endemic to West Java and little is known on the biology of this species in the wild, made all the more difficult due to the increasing difficulty in finding wild individuals.

A very rare Javan Green Magpie (Cissa thalassina) has been brought to Chester Zoo to join a number of other birds in an extinction prevention attempt. The Javan Green Magpie is the rarest magpie in the world and is facing certain extinction in the wild without human help.