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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 or brown. They are found in Southeast Asia. They live in tropical forests. They are highly arboreal and rarely come to the ground to feed.

SpeciesEdit

Following Ericson et al. (2005), the black magpies are placed with the treepies:

Image Genus Living Species
File:Crypsirina temia.jpg Crypsirina
File:Dendrocitta formosae formosae 1.jpg Dendrocitta
File:(Bornean) Black Magpie.jpg Platysmurus
File:Temnurus temnurus.jpg Temnurus

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

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