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title: "Racket-tailed Treepie"
description: "Crypsirina temia — Birds. The racket-tailed treepie (Crypsirina temia) is an Asian treepie, a member of the crow family, Corvidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/racket-tailed-treepie
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Racket-tailed Treepie

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

- Scientific name: *Crypsirina temia*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1423
- Wikidata: [Q73745](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73745)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8204](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8204)

## Names

- en: Racket-tailed Treepie
- de: Spatelbaumelster
- es: Urraca bronceada
- fr: Témia bronzée
- nl: Zwarte ekster
- pl: Płaskogonka czarna

## Countries with the most observations

TH (673), VN (416), ID (157), KH (57), MM (18)

## Summary

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…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racket-tailed_treepie

## Photo

![Racket-tailed Treepie](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/racket-tailed-treepie/medium.jpg)

Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/365360327

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/racket-tailed-treepie?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).