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Racket-tailed treepie

Crypsirina temia (Daudin, 1800)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The racket-tailed treepie (Crypsirina temia) is a species in the family Corvidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 129.5 g to 130 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Racket-tailed treepie (Crypsirina temia)
Photo: Jason Thompson · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the racket-tailed treepie

Weight
129.5 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
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

Where does the racket-tailed treepie live?

Not recorded

What is the racket-tailed treepie?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The racket-tailed treepie (Crypsirina temia) is an Asian treepie, a member of the crow family, Corvidae.

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.

This bird occurs in southern Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Indo-China, Sumatra, Java and Bali in scrub and secondary growth, open fields and gardens, bamboo thickets and open forest often near villages.

It almost always feeds in trees (arboreal) 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.

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.

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

From the Wikipedia article “Racket-tailed treepie” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Racket-tailed_treepie&oldid=1354933851), 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 racket-tailed treepie endangered?

The racket-tailed 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. What the categories mean.

How is the racket-tailed treepie classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCorvidae
  6. genusCrypsirina
  7. SpeciesCrypsirina temia (Daudin, 1800)

Synonyms Corvus caudatus, Corvus temia, Corvus temia, Corvus varians, Crypsirina varians longipennis

Other names and names in other languages (43)
  • Racquet-tailed treepieEnglish
  • عقعق الشجر ذو الذيل المضربيArabic
  • garsa arbòria bronzadaCatalan
  • straka tmaváCzech
  • sgrech-bioden gynffon-racedWelsh
  • Sort TræskadeDanish
  • SpatelbaumelsterGerman
  • RakettschwanzelsterGerman
  • Spatel-BaumelsterGerman
  • rakedvosta arbopigoEsperanto
  • Nigra klikvosta arbopigoEsperanto
  • Chara bronceadaSpanish
  • Arrendajo bronceadoSpanish
  • Urraca bronceadaSpanish
  • must-pisiharakasEstonian
  • زاغ درختی دمپارویی سیاهPersian
  • mustamelaharakkaFinnish
  • Témia bronzéeFrench
  • crna svrakaCroatian
  • kapucnis erdeiszarkaHungarian
  • Tangkar cetrongIndonesian
  • Tangkar CentrongIndonesian
  • Dendrogazza codaracchettaItalian
  • Gazza arboricola dalla coda a racchetta neraItalian
  • クロラケットオナガJapanese
  • juodoji miškinė šarkaLithuanian
  • Ąąʼąʼiitseenézí bítááʼ halzhinígííNavajo
  • Zwarte EksterDutch
  • bronseskjæreNorwegian
  • płaskogonka czarnaPolish
  • انڈیمان رکھوسناWestern Panjabi
  • pega-bronzeadaPortuguese
  • pega-de-raquetePortuguese
  • Ракетохвостая сорокаRussian
  • Чёрная ракетохвостая лесная сорокаRussian
  • strakaňa čiernaSlovak
  • Širokorepa šumska svrakaSerbian
  • svart spatelstjärtsskataSwedish
  • นกกาแวนThai
  • Raket Kuyruklu SaksağanTurkish
  • вагабунда чорнаUkrainian
  • 盘尾树鹊Chinese
  • 盤尾樹鵲Chinese

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Relatives of the racket-tailed treepie

Other species in the same genus Crypsirina.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the racket-tailed treepie?

An adult racket-tailed treepie weighs 129.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the racket-tailed treepie endangered?

The racket-tailed 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 racket-tailed treepie?

The racket-tailed treepie (Crypsirina temia) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{racket_tailed_treepie_2026,
  title = {Racket-tailed treepie (Crypsirina temia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/racket-tailed-treepie},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}