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White-rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus
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About the White-rumped Shama
The white-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. Native to densely vegetated habitats in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, its popularity as a cage-bird and songster has led to it being introduced elsewhere. The Larwo shama, the Kangean shama and the Sri Lanka shama were formerly considered to be conspecific with the white-rumped shama.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Copsychus malabaricus
- Family
- Old World Flycatchers
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the old world flycatchers family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Gray-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
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