Species of Thailand
Ratchet-tailed treepie
Temnurus temnurus
Coenraad Jacob Temminck, 1825
In Thai: นกกะลิงเขียดหางหนาม
The ratchet-tailed treepie (Temnurus temnurus) is a species of bird in the crow and jay family Corvidae. The species is also known as the notch-tailed treepie. It is monotypic within the genus Temnurus.
The species has a disjunct 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 in Hainan in China. Its natural habitat tropical moist broadleaf evergreen lowland forests, and secondary forest and scrubland.
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Category / Seasonal Status
Wiki listed status (concerning Thai population): Accidental
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Corvidae
- Genus
- Temnurus
- Species
- Temnurus temnurus
Common names
- Thai: นกกะลิงเขียดหางหนาม
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
Near Threatened (ONEP)
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Range Map
- Kaeng Krachan National Park