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.
[edit] Species
Following Ericson et al. (2005), the Black Magpie is placed with the treepies:
- Genus Dendrocitta
- Grey Treepie, Dendrocitta formosae
- Rufous Treepie, Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Black-faced Treepie, or Collared Treepie, Dendrocitta frontalis
- Sumatran Treepie, Dendrocitta occipitalis
- Bornean Treepie, Dendrocitta cinerascens
- White-bellied Treepie, Dendrocitta leucogastra
- Andaman Treepie, Dendrocitta bayleyi
- Genus Crypsirina
- Black Racket-tailed Treepie, Crypsirina temia (formerly Dendrocitta)
- Hooded Treepie, Crypsirina cucullata
- Genus Temnurus
- Ratchet-tailed Treepie, Temnurus temnurus
- Genus Platysmurus
- Black Magpie Platysmurus leucopterus
[edit] References
- Ericson, Per G. P.; Jansén, Anna-Lee; Johansson, Ulf S. & Ekman, Jan (2005): Inter-generic relationships of the crows, jays, magpies and allied groups (Aves: Corvidae) based on nucleotide sequence data. Journal of Avian Biology 36: 222-234. PDF fulltext
[edit] External links
- Treepie videos on the Internet Bird Collection
