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".
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:
ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Dendrocitta formosaeGrey treepieIndochina, southern mainland China and Taiwan
Dendrocitta vagabundaRufous treepieIndian subcontinent and adjoining parts of Southeast Asia
Dendrocitta frontalisCollared treepienortheastern Indian Himalayas, Bangladesh, Nepal and across into Burma
Dendrocitta occipitalisSumatran treepieSumatra in Indonesia
Dendrocitta cinerascensBornean treepieBorneo
Dendrocitta leucogastraWhite-bellied treepieWestern Ghats, mainly south of Goa
Dendrocitta bayleyiiAndaman treepieAndaman Islands of India