A photo of a White-bellied Treepie (Dendrocitta leucogastra)
White-bellied Treepie

White-bellied Treepie

Dendrocitta leucogastra

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. The white of the head and body makes it easy to distinguish from the sympatric rufous treepie. This tends to be found in more dense forest and is less associated with human habitation than the rufous treepie. The white-bellied treepie is 48 cm long. The back of the neck is white, and the throat and breast are black. The thighs are black, and the undertail coverts are chestnut. The rest of the underparts is white. The back is chestnut-brown. The wings are black and have a white patch. The rump is white. Two-thirds of the two central tail feathers are silver-grey, and the terminal third is black. The other tail feathers are black. The beak is black, and the legs are greyish-black.
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Arjun Cheyyur
Wednesday 14 Apr 2021 - 10:30am
India
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Hemant Kirola
Sunday 27 Nov 2016 - 7:30am
India
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Hemant Kirola
Saturday 26 Nov 2016 - 7:05am
India
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Hemant Kirola
Friday 25 Nov 2016 - 3:30pm
India
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