Ratchet-tailed treepie | |
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InKaeng Krachan National Park,Thailand | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Subfamily: | Crypsirininae |
Genus: | Temnurus Lesson, 1831 |
Species: | T. temnurus |
Binomial name | |
Temnurus temnurus (Temminck, 1825) |
Theratchet-tailed treepie (Temnurus temnurus) is a species ofbird in the crow and jay familyCorvidae. The species is also known as thenotch-tailed treepie. It ismonotypic within the genusTemnurus.[2]
The species has adisjunct distribution in Southeast Asia and China. One population is found in southern Thailand, another in southern Vietnam, another in central and northern Vietnam and Laos, and the last inHainan in China. Its naturalhabitat istropical moist broadleaf evergreen lowlandforests, and secondary forest and scrubland.[2]