Dendrocitta

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]

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[1] Gould, 1833
Species
D. formosae D. vagabunda D. frontalis D. occipitalis D. cinerascens D. leucogastra D. bayleii

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:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Dendrocitta formosae	Grey treepie	Indochina, southern mainland China and Taiwan
	Dendrocitta vagabunda	Rufous treepie	Indian subcontinent and adjoining parts of Southeast Asia
	Dendrocitta frontalis	Collared treepie	northeastern Indian Himalayas, Bangladesh, Nepal and across into Burma
	Dendrocitta occipitalis	Sumatran treepie	Sumatra in Indonesia
	Dendrocitta cinerascens	Bornean treepie	Borneo
	Dendrocitta leucogastra	White-bellied treepie	Western Ghats, mainly south of Goa
	Dendrocitta bayleii	Andaman treepie	Andaman Islands of India

References

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.

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

External links

• Treepie videos on the Internet Bird Collection