Birds Guide

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.

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

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

External links

• Treepie videos on the Internet Bird Collection