Hooded treepie
Crypsirina cucullata Jerdon, 1862
The hooded treepie (Crypsirina cucullata) is a species in the family Corvidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 132 g to 132.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the hooded treepie
- Weight
- 132.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3src 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
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Where does the hooded treepie live?
Not recorded
What is the hooded treepie?
The hooded treepie (Crypsirina cucullata) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae.
It is endemic to Myanmar.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
It has grey plumage apart from black head, tail and flight feathers.
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Is the hooded treepie endangered?
The hooded treepie is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the hooded treepie classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCorvidae
- genusCrypsirina
- SpeciesCrypsirina cucullata Jerdon, 1862
Other names and names in other languages (38)
- Hooded racket-tailed treepieEnglish
- Hooded racket-tailed treepieEnglish
- عقعق الشجر المقنعArabic
- garsa arbòria encaputxadaCatalan
- straka kápováCzech
- sgrech-bioden gycyllogWelsh
- HættetræskadeDanish
- KapuzenbaumelsterGerman
- SpatelschwanzelsterGerman
- kapuĉa arbopigoEsperanto
- Chara encapuchadaSpanish
- Arrendajo encapuchadoSpanish
- Urraca encapuchadaSpanish
- hall-pisiharakasEstonian
- زاغ درختی سرپوشدارPersian
- burmanmelaharakkaFinnish
- Témia à collierFrench
- siva svrakaCroatian
- laposfarkű erdeiszarkaHungarian
- Dendrogazza monacaItalian
- Gazza arboricola dal cappuccioItalian
- ラケットオナガJapanese
- pilkoji miškinė šarkaLithuanian
- နဖားကြူးBurmese
- Grijze EksterDutch
- dvergskjæreNorwegian
- płaskogonka kapturowaPolish
- کرپسیرینا ٹیمیاWestern Panjabi
- pega-de-capuzPortuguese
- Черноголовая сорокаRussian
- Ракетохвостая лесная сорокаRussian
- strakaňa kapucňováSlovak
- Dvobojna šumska svrakaSerbian
- svarthuvad spatelstjärtsskataSwedish
- Başlıklı SaksağanTurkish
- вагабунда чорноголоваUkrainian
- 黑头树鹊Chinese
- 黑頭盤尾樹鵲Chinese
Relatives of the hooded treepie
Other species in the same genus Crypsirina.
Racket-tailed treepie
Crypsirina temia
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the hooded treepie?
An adult hooded treepie weighs 132.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the hooded treepie endangered?
The hooded 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 hooded treepie?
The hooded treepie (Crypsirina cucullata) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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