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Sumatran treepie

Dendrocitta occipitalis (S. Müller, 1836)

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The sumatran treepie (Dendrocitta occipitalis) is a species in the family Corvidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 95 g to 95.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Sumatran treepie (Dendrocitta occipitalis)
Photo: JJ Harrison · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the sumatran treepie

Weight
95.3 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
Not recorded
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 sumatran treepie live?

Not recorded

What is the sumatran treepie?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Sumatran treepie or Sunda treepie (Dendrocitta occipitalis) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is endemic to the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The Bornean treepie (D. cinerascens) is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of this bird.

From the Wikipedia article “Sumatran treepie” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sumatran_treepie&oldid=1315355062), 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 sumatran treepie endangered?

The sumatran 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 sumatran treepie classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCorvidae
  6. genusDendrocitta
  7. SpeciesDendrocitta occipitalis (S. Müller, 1836)

Synonyms Crypsirina occipitalis, Dendrocitta occipitalis occipitalis, Dendrocitta occipitalis sumatrensis, Dendrocitta rufigaster, Glaucopis occipitalis

Other names and names in other languages (40)
  • Sunda treepieEnglish
  • عقعق الشجر السومطريArabic
  • garsa arbòria de SumatraCatalan
  • straka sumaterskáCzech
  • sgrech-bioden MalaysiaWelsh
  • SundatræskadeDanish
  • SumatratræskadeDanish
  • MalaienbaumelsterGerman
  • Malaien-BaumelsterGerman
  • SumatrabaumelsterGerman
  • sumatra arbopigoEsperanto
  • Chara de SumatraSpanish
  • Arrendajo de SumatraSpanish
  • Urraca de SumatraSpanish
  • sumatra ruskharakasEstonian
  • sumatranviidakkoharakkaFinnish
  • Témia coifféeFrench
  • sumatranska svrakaCroatian
  • maláj erdeiszarkaHungarian
  • Tangkar-uli sumateraIndonesian
  • Dendrogazza di SumatraItalian
  • シラガオナガJapanese
  • 수마트라나무까치Korean
  • sumatrinė dendrocitaLithuanian
  • Maleise BoomeksterDutch
  • Sumatraanse BoomeksterDutch
  • brunskjæreNorwegian
  • srokówka brązowaPolish
  • pega-de-samatraPortuguese
  • pega-de-sumatraPortuguese
  • Суматранская киттаRussian
  • Малайская древесная сорокаRussian
  • strakaňa bielotylováSlovak
  • Sumatranska šumska svrakaSerbian
  • sumatraträdskataSwedish
  • Sumatra SaksağanıTurkish
  • вагабунда бронзоваUkrainian
  • 馬來樹鵲Chinese
  • 蘇門答臘樹鵲Chinese
  • 马来树鹊Chinese

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Relatives of the sumatran 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 sumatran treepie?

An adult sumatran treepie weighs 95.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the sumatran treepie endangered?

The sumatran 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 sumatran treepie?

The sumatran treepie (Dendrocitta occipitalis) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{sumatran_treepie_2026,
  title = {Sumatran treepie (Dendrocitta occipitalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sumatran-treepie},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}