Racket-tailed Treepie

Crypsirina temia (Daudin, 1800)

Racket-tailed Treepie, Crypsirina temia, is a passerine in the crow family found in the Oriental Region from eastern Myanmar to southern China and Vietnam, through the northern Malay Peninsula, with separate populations on Java and Bali. It is a treepie of scrub, secondary growth, open fields, gardens, bamboo thickets and open forest, often close to villages. Its most notable feature is the long tail feathers that widen at the tip. The bird also has a black bill, legs and feet, and a turquoise-blue iris.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Corvidae — Crows, Jays

Breeding range

Oriental Region: e Myanmar to s China and Vietnam and n Malay Pen.; disjunctly Java and Bali