Biology: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 species have black, grey and rufous plumage. 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.

Taxonomy

The genus Dendrocitta was introduced in 1833 by the English ornithologist John Gould with the type species as Dendrocitta leucogastra Gould, 1833, the white-bellied treepie. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek δενδρον/dendron meaning "tree" with κιττα/kitta meaning "magpie".

The genus contains seven species:

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
120px	Rufous treepie	Dendrocitta vagabunda	Indian subcontinent and adjoining parts of Southeast Asia
120px	Grey treepie	Dendrocitta formosae	Himalayas, Indochina, southern mainland China, Hainan and Taiwan
120px	Sumatran treepie	Dendrocitta occipitalis	mountains of Sumatra
120px	Bornean treepie	Dendrocitta cinerascens	mountains of Borneo
120px	White-bellied treepie	Dendrocitta leucogastra	lowlands of southwestern India (Western Ghats)
120px	Collared treepie	Dendrocitta frontalis	Himalayas of northern India, northern Myanmar, and northwestern Vietnam
120px	Andaman treepie	Dendrocitta bayleii	dense forest of Andaman Islands

References

• Madge and Burn, Crows and Jays ISBN 0-7136-3999-7

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