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Sumatran Treepie

Dendrocitta occipitalis (S. Müller, 1836)

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 Sumatran treepie or Sunda treepie (Dendrocitta occipitalis) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is endemic to the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The Bornean treepie (D. cinerascens) is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of this bird.

Wikipedia contributors, Sumatran treepie; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:44:39.160228+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name: Dendrocitta occipitalis (S. Müller, 1836)
Name authority: (S. Müller, 1836)
Common name: Sumatran 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 occipitalis (S. Müller, 1836)

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
White-bellied TreepieDendrocitta leucogastra Gould, 1833	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

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded name	Source status
Glaucopis occipitalis S. Müller, 1836 S. Müller, 1836	synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Southern Asia

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.

https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=559704 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.

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:34PMG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.