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Grey treepie

Dendrocitta formosae Swinhoe, 1863

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae) is a species in the family Corvidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 100 g to 105.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae)
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the grey treepie

Weight
100 g – 105.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.75 – 4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the grey treepie live?

Not recorded

What is the grey treepie?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae), also known as the Himalayan treepie, is an Asian treepie, a medium-sized and long-tailed member of the crow family. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1863. They are widely distributed along the foothills of the Himalayas in the Indian subcontinent and extending into Indochina, Nepal, southern mainland China and Taiwan. The populations vary in plumage and several are named as subspecies.

Grey treepies are omnivorous birds mostly thriving among dense foliage and in forests. They sometimes take part in mixed species flocks with laughingthrushes, especially the white-throated laughingthrush. They systematically work together through the hill forests, rhododendrons, oaks and other broad-leaved trees, especially in the mornings.

From the Wikipedia article “Grey treepie” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grey_treepie&oldid=1354933842), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the grey treepie endangered?

The grey treepie is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the grey treepie classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCorvidae
  6. genusDendrocitta
  7. SpeciesDendrocitta formosae Swinhoe, 1863

Synonyms Crypsirina formosae, Dendrocitta formosae schistacea, Dendrocitta himalayensis, Dendrocitta sinensis formosae

Other names and names in other languages (45)
  • Gray treepieEnglish
  • عقعق الشجر الرماديArabic
  • garsa arbòria fumadaCatalan
  • straka himálajskáCzech
  • sgrech-bioden yr HimalaiaWelsh
  • Grå TræskadeDanish
  • GraubrustbaumelsterGerman
  • Graubrust-BaumelsterGerman
  • griza arbopigoEsperanto
  • Chara grisSpanish
  • Arrendajo grisSpanish
  • Urraca grisSpanish
  • hiina ruskharakasEstonian
  • زاغ درختی خاکستریPersian
  • naamioviidakkoharakkaFinnish
  • Témia de SwinhoeFrench
  • עקעק אפורHebrew
  • sivotrba svrakaCroatian
  • kósza szarkaHungarian
  • Dendrogazza grigiaItalian
  • タイワンオナガJapanese
  • 회색나무까치Korean
  • pilkakrūtė dendrocitaLithuanian
  • Pelēkā koku žagataLatvian
  • Ka-ka-áMin Nan Chinese
  • Ąąʼąʼiitseenézí łibáhígííNavajo
  • GrijsborstboomeksterDutch
  • gråskjæreNorwegian
  • Témia ed SwinhoePicard
  • srokówka maskowaPolish
  • پوری رکھوسناWestern Panjabi
  • pega-cinzentaPortuguese
  • Серогрудая киттаRussian
  • Серогрудая древесная сорокаRussian
  • strakaňa čiernočeláSlovak
  • Siva šumska svrakaSerbian
  • grå trädskataSwedish
  • HimalayaträdskataSwedish
  • นกกะลิงเขียดสีเทาThai
  • Gri SaksağanTurkish
  • вагабунда сіроволаUkrainian
  • 樹鵲Chinese
  • 樹鵲〔灰樹鵲〕Chinese
  • 灰喜鹊Chinese
  • 灰树鹊Chinese

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Relatives of the grey treepie

Other species in the same genus Dendrocitta.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the grey treepie?

An adult grey treepie weighs 100 g – 105.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the grey treepie endangered?

The grey treepie is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the grey treepie?

The grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-treepie

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BibTeX
@misc{grey_treepie_2026,
  title = {Grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-treepie},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}