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Rufous treepie

Dendrocitta vagabunda (Latham, 1790)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) is a species in the family Corvidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 100 g to 120 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)
Photo: Paramanu Sarkar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the rufous treepie

Weight
100 g – 120 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.75src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the rufous treepie live?

Not recorded

What is the rufous treepie?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) is a treepie, native to the Indian subcontinent and adjoining parts of Southeast Asia. It is a member of the crow family, Corvidae. It is long tailed and has loud musical calls making it very conspicuous. It is found commonly in open scrub, agricultural areas, forests as well as urban gardens. Like other corvids it is very adaptable, omnivorous and opportunistic in feeding.

From the Wikipedia article “Rufous treepie” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rufous_treepie&oldid=1354933807), 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 rufous treepie endangered?

The rufous 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 rufous treepie classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCorvidae
  6. genusDendrocitta
  7. SpeciesDendrocitta vagabunda (Latham, 1790)

Synonyms Caracies vagabunda, Coracias vagabunda, Corvus rufus, Crypsirina vagabunda, Lanius rufus

Other names and names in other languages (63)
  • كندش أصهبArabic
  • عقعق الشجر الأصهبArabic
  • কোকলোঙাAssamese
  • WånderbamöistaBavarian
  • Ръждива дървесна свракаBulgarian
  • খয়েরি হাঁড়িচাচাBangla
  • garsa arbòria de dors rogencCatalan
  • straka toulaváCzech
  • sgrech-bioden yr IndiaWelsh
  • TræskadeDanish
  • WanderbaumelsterGerman
  • WanderelsterGerman
  • rufa arbopigoEsperanto
  • Ruĝeca arbopigoEsperanto
  • Chara vagabundaSpanish
  • Arrendajo vagabundoSpanish
  • Urraca vagabundaSpanish
  • aed-ruskharakasEstonian
  • زاغ درختی حناییPersian
  • huppuviidakkoharakkaFinnish
  • Témia vagabondeFrench
  • ખેરખટ્ટોGujarati
  • riđa svrakaCroatian
  • vándor erdeiszarkaHungarian
  • Dendrogazza rossicciaItalian
  • チャイロオナガJapanese
  • ಮಟಪಕ್ಷಿKannada
  • 적갈색나무까치Korean
  • indinė dendrocitaLithuanian
  • Brūnā koku žagataLatvian
  • ഓലഞ്ഞാലിMalayalam
  • ഓലേഞ്ഞാലിMalayalam
  • भेराMarathi
  • टकाचोरMarathi
  • Ąąʼąʼiitseenézí binághah dibéłchíʼígííNavajo
  • कोकलेNepali
  • ZwerfeksterDutch
  • Rosse BoomeksterDutch
  • okerskjæreNorwegian
  • ହାଣ୍ଡି ଚଞ୍ଛା ପକ୍ଷୀOdia
  • Témia vacabondePicard
  • srokówka jasnoskrzydłaPolish
  • ٹکا چورWestern Panjabi
  • pega-ruivaPortuguese
  • pega-vagabundaPortuguese
  • Рыжая киттаRussian
  • Индийская древесная сорокаRussian
  • strakaňa hájováSlovak
  • руфус трипиSerbian
  • Riđa šumska svrakaSerbian
  • ockrabukig trädskataSwedish
  • அரிகாடைTamil
  • கொய்யாப் பழத்தான்Tamil
  • மாம்பழத்தான் குருவிTamil
  • வால் காக்கைTamil
  • முக்குறுணிtap
  • นกกะลิงเขียดThai
  • นกกะลิงเขียดสีน้ำตาลThai
  • Kızıl SaksağanTurkish
  • вагабунда світлокрилаUkrainian
  • Choàng choạc hungVietnamese
  • 棕腹树鹊Chinese
  • 棕腹樹鵲Chinese

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Relatives of the rufous 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 rufous treepie?

An adult rufous treepie weighs 100 g – 120 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the rufous treepie endangered?

The rufous 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 rufous treepie?

The rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rufous-treepie

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BibTeX
@misc{rufous_treepie_2026,
  title = {Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rufous-treepie},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}