Tag: treepies
Treepies
I’ve covered the Treepies which include the generas Dendrocitta, Crypsirina, Temnurus and Platysmurus. They all have long tails and live high in the trees, preferring to stay up high and not visiting the ground much. There are 11 species within these generas.
Grey Treepie, Dendrocitta formosae
Rufous Treepie, Dendrocitta vagabunda
Black-faced Treepie, or Collared Treepie, Dendrocitta frontalis
Sumatran Treepie, [...]
Posted: September 15th, 2009 under Platysmurus leucopterus, Temnurus temnurus, Treepie.
Tags: Crypsirina, Dendrocitta, Platysmurus, Temnurus, Temnurus and Platysmurus, treepies
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Hooded Treepie (Crypsirina cucullata)
Hooded Treepie (Crypsirina cucullata)
Originally uploaded by thetzawnaing
The Hooded Treepie (Crypsirina cucullata) is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is endemic to Burma.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It has grey plumage apart from black head, [...]
Posted: September 12th, 2009 under Burma, corvid, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Corvids, Crow, Crypsirina cucullata, Hooded Treepie, Treepie.
Tags: birds endemic to Burma, Corvidae Family, Crypsirina cucullata, Hooded Treepie, treepies, Treepies are corvids, treepies are in the crow family
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Rufous Treepie
The Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) is an Asian treepie, a member of the Corvidae (crow) family.
It is slightly smaller than the European Magpie (Pica pica) and has somewhat shorter, more rounded wings and a proportionately longer tail. The bill is shorter and thicker too, and slightly downcurved, and the legs are shorter. The head, neck [...]
Posted: September 7th, 2009 under Asian treepie, corvid, Corvidae, Corvids, Dendrocitta vagabunda, Rufous Treepie.
Tags: Asian treepie, Corvidae, Dendrocitta vagabunda, Rufous Treepie, treepies, Treepies are corvids, treepies are in the crow family
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Grey Treepie
live on wire
Originally uploaded by Shenghung Lin
The Grey Treepie, also known as the Himalayan Treepie, (Dendrocitta formosae) is an Asian treepie, a medium sized perching bird of the Corvidae (crow) family.
It is about the size of the Eurasian Jay or slightly smaller with a jet black stripe above the eyes and a sooty black face. [...]
Posted: September 6th, 2009 under Assam, Burma (Myanmar), China, Dendrocitta formosae, Grey Treepie, Himalayan Treepie, India, Indochina, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand.
Tags: Asian treepie, Corvidae, Dendrocitta formosae, Grey Treepie, Himalayan Treepie, treepies, treepies and crows, Treepies are corvids, treepies are in the crow family
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Bornean Treepie (Dendrocitta cinerascens)
Bornean Treepie (Dendrocitta cinerascens)
Originally uploaded by RON PUDIN
The Bornean Treepie (Dendrocitta cinerascens) is a passerine bird belonging to the Dendrocitta genus of treepies in the crow family, Corvidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo in South-east Asia. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the Sumatran Treepie (D. occipitalis).
Description
It is a fairly [...]
Posted: September 5th, 2009 under Bornean Treepie, Dendrocitta cinerascens, South-east Asia.
Tags: Bornean Treepie, Corvidae, crow family, Dendrocitta cinerascens, South-east Asia, subspecies of the Sumatran Treepie, treepies, treepies and crows, Treepies are corvids, treepies are in the crow family
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White-Bellied Treepie
White-Bellied Treepie
Originally uploaded by AnoopAA
The White-bellied Treepie (Dendrocitta leucogastra) is a bird of the crow family endemic to the forests of southern India.
Description
The white of the head and body separate it from the sympatric Rufous Treepie. This tends to be found in more dense forest and is less associated with humans than the Rufous Treepie.
The [...]
Posted: September 4th, 2009 under Dendrocitta leucogastra, Treepie, White-bellied Treepie.
Tags: birds of india, Corvidae, crows in India, Dendrocitta leucogastra, indian birds, Indian crows, treepies, treepies and crows, treepies are in the corvid family, treepies are in the crow family, White-bellied Treepie
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The Revered, Reviled Crow Clan by Howard Youth
I read an excellent article about corvids from their habitat to myths and legends about them in the May/June 2001 issue of Zoogoer. I think it is worth the read. Here is an excerpt:
For centuries, a dark specter haunted the bloody battlefields [...]
Posted: May 6th, 2009 under American Crow, article, Calls, Common Crow, Common Raven, corvid, corvid brain, Corvids, Corvus Corax, Corvus crassirostris, Magazine articles, ravens, Thick-billed raven.
Tags: article, choughs, Corvids, Corvus Corax, Corvus crassirostris, crows, jackdaws, jays, magpies, nutcrackers, ravens, Rooks, Thick-billed raven, treepies, zoogoer
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