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Ratchet tailed treepie

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Genus
  
Temnurus Lesson, 1831

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Corvidae

Scientific name
  
Temnurus temnurus

Higher classification
  
Temnurus

Order
  
Passerine

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Similar
  
Crypsirina, Racket‑tailed treepie, Indochinese green magpie, Stresemann's bushcrow, Dendrocitta

Ratchet tailed treepie


The ratchet-tailed treepie (Temnurus temnurus) is a species of bird in the crow and jay family Corvidae. The species is also known as the notch-tailed treepie. It is monotypic within the genus Temnurus.

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The species has a disjunct distribution in Southeast Asia and China. One population is found in southern Thailand, another in southern Vietnam, another in central and northern Vietnam and Laos, and the last in Hainan in China. Its natural habitat tropical moist broadleaf evergreen lowland forests, and secondary forest and scrubland.

ratchet tailed treepie


References

Ratchet-tailed treepie Wikipedia