Racket-tailed Treepie

Crypsirina temia

The racket-tailed treepie is an Asian treepie, a member of the crow family, Corvidae. This bird occurs in southern Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, Sumatra, Java and Bali in scrub and secondary growth, open fields and gardens, bamboo thickets and open forest often near villages.
Racket-tailed Treepie, Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam Will appear as entirely black with backlight, but in good light shows an oily color and bright blue eyes. Asia,Cat Tien National Park,Crypsirina temia,Dong Nai,Geotagged,Racket-tailed treepie,Spring,Vietnam,Vietnam 2025,Đồng Nai

Appearance

It has a velvety-black forehead of short, plush black feathers with the rest of the bird being an oily green colour, though appearing black in dim light. The tail feathers which in this species are long and broaden at the tail's end are black also with a greenish tinge, as are the wings. The iris of the bird is a turquoise-blue darkening towards the pupil to a very deep or near black. The bill, legs and feet are black.
Racket-tailed Treepie, Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam  Asia,Cat Tien National Park,Crypsirina temia,Dong Nai,Geotagged,Racket-tailed Treepie,Spring,Vietnam,Vietnam 2025,Đồng Nai

Behavior

The voice is usually described as harsh and unattractive. It has several described calls but a whining call is often heard.

Reproduction

A cup shaped nest is built in bamboo or shrubs especially thorny ones often surrounded by open grassy areas and normally lays 2–4 eggs.

Food

It almost always feeds in trees never feeding from the ground though coming down to bathe on occasion. It moves through the trees with great agility and uses its remarkable tail as a balancing organ. It eats mainly insects and fruit.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyCorvidae
GenusCrypsirina
SpeciesC. temia
Photographed in
Vietnam