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.
Species Following Ericson et al. (2005), the black magpies are placed with the treepies: Image Genus Living speciesCrypsirina Hooded treepie, Crypsirina cucullata Racket-tailed treepie, Crypsirina temiaDendrocitta Andaman treepie, Dendrocitta bayleii Bornean treepie, Dendrocitta cinerascens Grey treepie, Dendrocitta formosae Collared treepie, Dendrocitta frontalis White-bellied treepie, Dendrocitta leucogastra Sumatran treepie, Dendrocitta occipitalis Rufous treepie, Dendrocitta vagabundaPlatysmurus Malayan black magpie, Platysmurus leucopterus Bornean black magpie, Platysmurus aterrimusTemnurus Ratchet-tailed treepie, Temnurus temnurus
References 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
External links Treepie videos on the Internet Bird Collection