Sunda Treepie
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The Sunda Treepie or Sumatran Treepie (Dendrocitta occipitalis) is a species of bird
in the Corvidae
family. It is endemic to the island of Sumatra
in Indonesia
. Its natural habitat
s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
s and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The Bornean Treepie
(D. cinerascens) is sometimes considered to be a subspecies
of this bird.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Corvidae
Corvidae
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers. The common English names used are corvids or the crow family , and there are over 120 species...
family. It is endemic to the island of Sumatra
Sumatra
Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...
in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. Its natural habitat
Habitat
* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows*Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play** Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement...
s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
s and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The Bornean Treepie
Bornean Treepie
The Bornean Treepie is a passerine bird belonging to the Dendrocitta genus of treepies in the crow family, Corvidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo in South-east Asia. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the Sumatran Treepie The Bornean Treepie (Dendrocitta cinerascens) is a...
(D. cinerascens) is sometimes considered to be a subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
of this bird.