Sumatran treepie | |
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Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans in 1877 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Genus: | Dendrocitta |
Species: | D. occipitalis |
Binomial name | |
Dendrocitta occipitalis (Müller, S, 1836) | |
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