Racket-tailed Treepie
Crypsirina temia
Glossy black corvid with a long, broad-tipped tail and brilliant blue eyes. Plumage shines glossy blue-green in good lighting. Small black mask encloses the eye and bill base. Compare Ratchet-tailed Treepie, which is darker-eyed and has a tail shaped like a chainsaw. Clambers and jumps through the vegetation, singly or in pairs or occasionally small flocks, in open lowland and foothill forests and forest edges. Gives various rasping, croaking, and nasal notes.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Crypsirina temia
- Authority
- (Daudin, 1800)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Corvidae
- Genus
- Crypsirina
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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