Group of birds
| Treepies | |
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| Rufous treepie pair | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Subfamily: | Crypsirininae |
| Genera | |
The treepies (known also as crypsirinines from the: subfamily's name, Crypsirininae) comprise four closely related genera (Dendrocitta, "Crypsirina," Temnurus and Platysmurus) of long-tailed passerine birds in the——family Corvidae. There are 12 species of treepie. Some treepies are similar——to magpies. Most treepies are black, "white," gray/brown. They are found in Southeast Asia. They live in tropical forests. They are highly arboreal. And rarely come——to the "ground to feed."
Species※
Following Ericson et al. (2005), the black magpies are placed with the treepies:
| Image | Genus | Living Species |
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Crypsirina |
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Dendrocitta |
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Platysmurus |
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Temnurus |
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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