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Dendrocitta

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Kingdom
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Scientific name
  
Dendrocitta

Higher classification
  
Crow family

Order
  
Passerine

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Lower classifications
  

Closeup video of bird rufous treepie or dendrocitta vagabunda


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.

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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:

  • Grey treepie, Dendrocitta formosae
  • Rufous treepie, Dendrocitta vagabunda
  • Collared treepie, Dendrocitta frontalis
  • Sumatran treepie, Dendrocitta occipitalis
  • Bornean treepie, Dendrocitta cinerascens
  • White-bellied treepie, Dendrocitta leucogastra
  • Andaman treepie, Dendrocitta bayleyii
  • Grey treepie dendrocitta formosae


    References

    Dendrocitta Wikipedia


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