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The treepies (known also as crypsirinines from the subfamily's name, Crypsirininae) comprise four closely related genera (Dendrocitta, Crypsirina, Temnurus and Platysmurus) of long-tailed passerine birds in the family Corvidae. There are 12 species of treepie. Some treepies are similar to magpies. Most treepies are black, white, gray or brown. They are found in Southeast Asia. They live in tropical forests. They are highly arboreal and rarely come to the ground to feed.

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It sits within the topics Bird common names, Corvidae and Taxa described in 1831.

Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.

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The treepies (known also as crypsirinines from the subfamily's name, Crypsirininae) comprise four closely related genera (Dendrocitta, Crypsirina, Temnurus and Platysmurus) of long-tailed passerine birds in the family Corvidae. There are 12 species of treepie. Some treepies are similar to magpies. Most treepies are black, white, gray or brown. They are found in Southeast Asia. They live in tropical forests. They are highly arboreal and rarely come to the ground to feed.

==Species== Following Ericson et al. (2005), the black magpies are placed with the treepies: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Genus !! Living species |- |175px||Crypsirina || Hooded treepie, Crypsirina cucullata Racket-tailed treepie, Crypsirina temia |- |175px||Dendrocitta || Andaman treepie, Dendrocitta bayleii Bornean treepie, Dendrocitta cinerascens Grey treepie, Dendrocitta formosae Collared treepie, Dendrocitta frontalis White-bellied treepie, Dendrocitta leucogastra Sumatran treepie, Dendrocitta occipitalis Rufous treepie, Dendrocitta vagabunda |- |175px||Platysmurus || Malayan black magpie, Platysmurus leucopterus Bornean black magpie, Platysmurus aterrimus |- |175px||Temnurus || Ratchet-tailed treepie, Temnurus temnurus |- |}

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