Grey treepie

Dendrocitta formosae

The Grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae) is a bird found in Taiwan and India. Hill forests and gardens across Asia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, small mammals and birds and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Dendrocitta formosae
Region	Asia
Found in	Taiwan and India

🏡 Where the Grey treepie lives

Hill forests and gardens across Asia.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs40%
🐭 Mammals & birds10%
🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%
🦴 Leftovers (carrion)10%
🍎 Fruit10%
🌸 Nectar10%
🌰 Seeds & nuts10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 A long-tailed relative of crows with a smoky grey body.

Hear the Grey treepie

Recorded by Joan Theng (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1156294. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Grey treepie

Where does the Grey treepie live?

The Grey treepie lives in Taiwan and India. Hill forests and gardens across Asia.

What does the Grey treepie eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 40%), small mammals and birds (about 10%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%), dead animals (carrion) (about 10%), fruit (about 10%), nectar (about 10%), seeds and nuts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Grey treepie endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.