NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
White-bellied Treepie
Dendrocitta leucogastra Gould, 1833
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The white-bellied treepie (Dendrocitta leucogastra) is a bird of the crow family endemic to the forests of southern India. They overlap in distribution in some areas with the rufous treepie but are easy to tell apart both from appearance and call.
Wikipedia contributors, White-bellied treepie; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:51:00.010212+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dendrocitta leucogastra Gould, 1833
- Name authority
- Gould, 1833
- Common name
- White-bellied Treepie
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Corvidae
- Genus
- Dendrocitta
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCorvidae Leach, 1820
- genusDendrocitta Gould, 1833
- speciesDendrocitta leucogastra Gould, 1833
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dendrocitta. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bornean TreepieDendrocitta cinerascens Sharpe, 1879 | CorvidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sumatran TreepieDendrocitta occipitalis (S. Müller, 1836) | CorvidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Collared TreepieDendrocitta frontalis Horsfield, 1840 | CorvidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey TreepieDendrocitta formosae Swinhoe, 1863 | CorvidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda (Latham, 1790) | CorvidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Gould, & John. (1833). May 14, 1833. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 1, No. 5. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:34PMF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.