Sumatran Treepie
Dendrocitta occipitalis
A dapper and long-tailed inhabitant of Java’s foothill and montane forests. Warm brown overall, with a silvery nape, dark face, and jet-black wings marked with a small white patch. Extremely long, round-tipped tail is silver-gray above with a dark tip, and predominantly dark below with a pale band near the tip. Forages at all levels of the forest, often hopping amongst leaf clusters and moving between trees in fast, fluttering flight. Calls include coarse grating squawks, a fluid “tlee’lee”, and a series of short hoarse “whurr!” notes.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Dendrocitta occipitalis
- Authority
- (Müller, S, 1836)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Corvidae
- Genus
- Dendrocitta
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
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