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[[Image:Racket-tailed_Treepie.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by ruchai <br/ >Location: Sriracha, Thailand]]
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[[Image:Racket-tailed_Treepie.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|ruchai|ruchai}} <br/ >Sriracha, [[Thailand]], November 2003]]
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'''Alternative names: Black Racquet-tailed Treepie; Black Treepie; Bronzed Treepie'''
 
;[[: Category:Crypsirina|Crypsirina]] temia
 
;[[: Category:Crypsirina|Crypsirina]] temia
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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This bird has a black forehead of short, plush black feathers.  The remainder of the bird is a green colour, though it may appear black in dim light. The long tail feathers, which 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.
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31 - 33cm. A small, all-dark treepie:
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* Black forehead of short, plush black feathers
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* Rest of plumage blaksih with bronze-green sheen (contrasting in good light with black of face and throat)
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* Long tail, broadening at the end, blackish with greenish tinge
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* Turquoise-blue iris, darkening towards the pupil to a deep black
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* Black bill and feet
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Sexes are similar. Juveniles have a brown iris and are dull greyish-black overall.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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This bird occurs in southern Burma ([[Myanmar]]), [[Thailand]], [[Indochina]], [[Sumatra]], [[Java]] and [[Bali]].
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Found in southern [[Burma]], [[Thailand]], extreme south [[China]] (Yunnan), [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]] and [[Cambodia]]. Also on [[Java]] and [[Bali]].<br />
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Extirpated in extreme northwest peninsular [[Malaysia]]. An old specimen from [[Sumatra]] and two from [[Borneo]] are today regarded as erroneous. <br />
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Not uncommon in most of its range.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
This is a monotypic species.  
 
This is a monotypic species.  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Scrub and secondary growth, open fields and gardens, bamboo thickets and open forest  
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Scrub and secondary growth, open fields and gardens, bamboo thickets and open forest up to 1000m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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It is an arboreal feeder.  Its tail is used as a balancing organ. It eats mainly insects and fruit.
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It is an arboreal feeder.  Its tail is used as a balancing organ. It eats mainly insects and fruit.<br />
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Breeding reported from April to August. Its nest is cup shaped and is built in bamboo or shrubs especially thorny ones often surrounded by open grassy areas.  It normally lays 2–4 eggs.<br />
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Its nest is cup shaped and is built in bamboo or shrubs especially thorny ones often surrounded by open grassy areas.  It normally lays 2–4 eggs.
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The voice is usually described as harsh.<br />
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Resident as far as know.
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The voice is usually described as harsh.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#{{Ref-HBWVol14}}
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{{Ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Crypsirina+temia}}
 
{{GSearch|Crypsirina+temia}}
 
[[Category:Birds]][[category:Crypsirina]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[category:Crypsirina]]

Revision as of 18:38, 8 April 2010

Photo by ruchai
Sriracha, Thailand, November 2003

Alternative names: Black Racquet-tailed Treepie; Black Treepie; Bronzed Treepie

Crypsirina temia

Identification

31 - 33cm. A small, all-dark treepie:

  • Black forehead of short, plush black feathers
  • Rest of plumage blaksih with bronze-green sheen (contrasting in good light with black of face and throat)
  • Long tail, broadening at the end, blackish with greenish tinge
  • Turquoise-blue iris, darkening towards the pupil to a deep black
  • Black bill and feet

Sexes are similar. Juveniles have a brown iris and are dull greyish-black overall.

Distribution

Found in southern Burma, Thailand, extreme south China (Yunnan), Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Also on Java and Bali.
Extirpated in extreme northwest peninsular Malaysia. An old specimen from Sumatra and two from Borneo are today regarded as erroneous.
Not uncommon in most of its range.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

Habitat

Scrub and secondary growth, open fields and gardens, bamboo thickets and open forest up to 1000m.

Behaviour

It is an arboreal feeder. Its tail is used as a balancing organ. It eats mainly insects and fruit.
Breeding reported from April to August. Its nest is cup shaped and is built in bamboo or shrubs especially thorny ones often surrounded by open grassy areas. It normally lays 2–4 eggs.
The voice is usually described as harsh.
Resident as far as know.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2009. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553507

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