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title: "Rosse boomekster"
description: "Dendrocitta vagabunda — Vogels. The rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) is a treepie, native to the Indian subcontinent and adjoining parts of Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/rufous-treepie
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rosse boomekster

> Dendrocitta vagabunda — Vogels. The rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) is a treepie, native to the Indian subcontinent and adjoining parts of Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Dendrocitta vagabunda*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 5912
- Wikidata: [Q282256](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q282256)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8305](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8305)

## Names

- en: Rufous Treepie
- de: Wanderelster
- es: Urraca vagabunda
- fr: Témia vagabonde
- nl: Rosse boomekster
- pl: Srokówka jasnoskrzydła

## Countries with the most observations

IN (4756), NP (136), TH (124), BD (67), PK (55), VN (34), MM (12), KH (11)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Rosse boomekster](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rufous-treepie/medium.jpg)

Photo: citi2024 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/285381515

## Machine access

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