The treepies (known also as crypsirinines from the subfamily's name, Crypsirininae) comprise four closely related genera (Dendrocitta, Crypsirina, Temnurus and Platysmurus) of long-tailed passerine birds in the family Corvidae.

Some treepies are similar to magpies.

Most treepies are black, white, gray or brown.

They are highly arboreal and rarely come to the ground to feed.

Following Ericson et al. (2005), the black magpies are placed with the treepies: