Dendrocitta

Dendrocitta
	Grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Corvidae
Subfamily:	Crypsirininae
Genus:	Dendrocitta; Gould, 1833
Type species
	Dendrocitta leucogastra; Gould, 1833
Species
	D. formosae; D. vagabunda; D. frontalis; D. occipitalis; D. cinerascens; D. leucogastra; D. bayleii

Dendrocitta is a genus of long-tailed passerine birds in the crow and jay family, Corvidae. They are resident in tropical South and Southeast Asia. The generic name is derived from the Greek words dendron, meaning "tree," and kitta, meaning "magpie".^[2]

The species are plumaged in black, grey and rufous. Typically, the face and flight feathers are black, and the back is rufous. They are highly arboreal and rarely come to the ground to feed.

They are, in taxonomic order:

Genus **Dendrocitta** – Gould, 1833 – seven species
Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Grey treepie	Dendrocitta formosae R. Swinhoe, 1863 Seven subspecies D. f. formosae R. Swinhoe, 1863 D. f. occidentalis Ticehurst, 1925 D. f. himalayana Jerdon, 1864 D. f. sarkari Kinnear & Whistler, 1930 D. f. assimilis Hume, 1877 D. f. sapiens (Deignan, 1955) D. f. sinica Stresemann, 1913 D. f. insulae Hartert, 1910	Indochina, southern mainland China and Taiwan	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Rufous treepie	Dendrocitta vagabunda (Latham, 1790)	Indian subcontinent and adjoining parts of Southeast Asia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Collared treepie	Dendrocitta frontalis Horsfield, 1840	northeastern Indian Himalayas, Bangladesh, Nepal and across into Burma	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Sumatran treepie	Dendrocitta occipitalis (Müller, S, 1836)	Sumatra in Indonesia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Bornean treepie	Dendrocitta cinerascens Sharpe, 1879	Borneo	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
White-bellied treepie	Dendrocitta leucogastra Gould, 1833	Western Ghats, mainly south of Goa	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Andaman treepie	Dendrocitta bayleii Tytler, 1863	Andaman Islands of India	Size: Habitat: Diet:	VU

References

^ "Corvidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
^ Jobling, James (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Christopher Helm. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

Madge and Burn, Crows and Jays ISBN 0-7136-3999-7

External links

Treepie videos on the Internet Bird Collection

[HM4-1] "Corvidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.

[2] Jobling, James (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Christopher Helm. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

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