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Cissa is a genus of relatively short-tailed magpies, sometimes known as hunting cissas, that reside in the forests of tropical and subtropical southeast Asia and adjacent regions. 

The name Cissa is from the Ancient Greek kissa meaning a "jay" or "magpie".

1/ Indochinese green magpie (Gẻ cùi bụng vàng, Cissa hypoleuca), also known as the yellow-breasted magpie

2/ Common green magpie (Cissa chinensis)
The specific epithet chinensis was chosen by Boddaert in the mistaken belief that the specimen illustrated by Martinet had come from China.

Common Green Magpie 
(Cissa chinensis)
Giẻ cùi xanh

The common green magpie (Cissa chinensis) is a member of the crow family, Corvidae of the order Passeriformes.
The Yellow-crowned Green Magpie found in Da Lat Vietnam is considered a subspecies of the Common Green Magpie.

Corvina ( Coracina) / corvina Latin corvinus raven-like, raven-black (corvus raven).
The name Cissa is from the Ancient Greek kissa meaning a "jay" or "magpie".
The specific epithet chinensis was chosen by Boddaert in the mistaken belief that the specimen illustrated by Martinet had come from China.

Indochinese green magpie, also known as the yellow-breasted magpie 
(Gẻ cùi bụng vàng, Cissa hypoleuca)

The Indochinese green magpie is a small colorful bird native to the forests of China and Vietnam.
While most Cissa species have the lower body green, those in Vietnam and in southern Southeast Asia have the lower body yellow.

The name Cissa is from the Ancient Greek kissa meaning a "jay" or "magpie".
hypoleuca: from two Greek roots: hupo, "below", and leukos, "white".