Treepie
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The treepies comprise four closely related genera (Dendrocitta, Crypsirina, Temnurus and as of recently also Platysmurus) of long-tailed passerine
birds in the family Corvidae
. They are highly arboreal and rarely come to the ground to feed.
Passerine
A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders: with over 5,000 identified species, it has roughly...
birds in the family 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...
. They are highly arboreal and rarely come to the ground to feed.
Species
Following Ericson et al. (2005), the Black Magpie is placed with the treepies:- Genus CrypsirinaCrypsirinaCrypsirina is a small genus of long-tailed passerine birds in the crow and jay family Corvidae. The two species are highly arboreal and rarely come to the ground to feed.They are* Black Racket-tailed Treepie, Crypsirina temia...
- Hooded TreepieHooded TreepieThe Hooded Treepie is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.It is endemic to Burma.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
, Crypsirina cucullata - Black Racket-tailed TreepieBlack Racket-tailed TreepieThe Black Racket-tailed Treepie is an Asian treepie, a member of the Corvidae family.It has a velvety-black forehead of short, plush black feathers with the rest of the bird being an oily green colour, though appearing black in dim light...
, Crypsirina temia
- Hooded Treepie
- Genus DendrocittaDendrocittaDendrocitta is a genus of long-tailed passerine birds in the crow and jay family Corvidae. They are resident in tropical South and Southeast Asia....
- Andaman TreepieAndaman TreepieThe Andaman Treepie is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.It is endemic to the Andaman Islands of India.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss....
, Dendrocitta bayleyi - Bornean TreepieBornean TreepieThe 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...
, Dendrocitta cinerascens - Grey TreepieGrey TreepieThe Grey Treepie, also known as the Himalayan Treepie, is an Asian treepie, a medium sized and long-tailed member of the crow family. They are widely distributed along the foothills of the Himalayas in South Asia and extending into Southeast Asia...
, Dendrocitta formosae - Black-faced Treepie (Collared Treepie)Black-faced TreepieThe Black-faced or Black-browed Treepie is an Asian treepie, a small perching bird of the Corvidae family....
, Dendrocitta frontalis - White-bellied TreepieWhite-bellied TreepieThe White-bellied Treepie is a bird of the crow family endemic to the forests of southern India. They overlap in distribution in some areas with the Rufous Treepie but are easily to tell apart both from appearance and call....
, Dendrocitta leucogastra - Sumatran Treepie, Dendrocitta occipitalis
- Rufous TreepieRufous TreepieThe Rufous Treepie is an Asian treepie, a member of the Corvidae family. It is long tailed and has loud musical calls making it very conspicuous. It is found commonly in open scrub, agricultural areas, forests as well as urban gardens...
, Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Andaman Treepie
- Genus Platysmurus
- Black MagpieBlack MagpieThe Black Magpie is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.Despite its name, it is neither a magpie nor, as was long believed, a jay, but a treepie. Treepies are a distinct group of corvids externally similar to magpies. It is monotypic within the genus Platysmurus...
, Platysmurus leucopterus
- Black Magpie
- Genus Temnurus
- Ratchet-tailed TreepieRatchet-tailed TreepieThe Ratchet-tailed Treepie is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Temnurus.It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam....
, Temnurus temnurus
- Ratchet-tailed Treepie
External links
- Treepie videos on the Internet Bird Collection