The Sumatran treepie or Sunda treepie (Dendrocitta occipitalis) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is endemic to the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The Bornean treepie (D. cinerascens) is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of this bird.

Sumatran treepie
Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans in 1877
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Dendrocitta
Species:
D. occipitalis
Binomial name
Dendrocitta occipitalis
(Müller, S, 1836)

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Dendrocitta occipitalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103719284A94037616. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103719284A94037616.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.