Magpie-robin

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Magpie-robins
White-Rumped Shama.jpg
Male white-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Copsychus
Wagler, 1827
Type species
Copsychus saularis
Species

see text

The magpie-robins or shamas (from shama, Bengali and Hindi for C. malabaricus)[1] are medium-sized insectivorous birds (some also eat berries and other fruit) in the genus Copsychus. They were formerly in the thrush family Turdidae, but are now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. They are garden- and forest-dwelling species found in Africa and Asia.

The genus Copsychus was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler in 1827.[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the Oriental magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840.[3][4] The name Copsychus is from the Ancient Greek kopsukhos or kopsikhos, meaning "blackbird".[5]

The genus contains 13 species:[6]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Common Indian Robin.jpg Copsychus fulicatus Indian robin Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Magpie robin.jpg Copsychus saularis Oriental magpie-robin Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, eastern Pakistan, eastern Indonesia, Thailand, southern China, Malaysia and Singapore
Copsychus pyrropygus Rufous-tailed shama southern Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo
Madagaskardayallijster.JPG Copsychus albospecularis Madagascar magpie-robin Madagascar
Copsychus sechellarum -Seychelles-8.jpg Copsychus sechellarum Seychelles magpie-robin the Seychelles
Copsychus mindanensis Philippine magpie-robin the Philippines
Copsychus malabaricus male - Khao Yai.jpg Copsychus malabaricus White-rumped shama Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Java, Borneo
Copsychus albiventris Andaman shama the Andaman Islands
Copsychus stricklandii White-crowned shama Borneo
Copsychus luzoniensis White-browed shama the Philippines
Copsychus superciliaris[7] Visayan shama Visayan Islands in the Philipines
White-vented Shama.jpg Copsychus niger White-vented shama Palawan, Balabac and Calamian in the Philippines
Copsychus cebuensis Black shama Cebu in the Philippines

The Seychelles magpie-robin is one of the most endangered birds in the world, with a population of less than 250, although this is a notable increase from just 16 in 1970.

References[]

  1. ^ Jobling, James A. (1991). A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-19-854634-3.
  2. ^ Wagler, Johann Georg (1827). Systema avium (in Latin). Stuttgart: J.G. Cottae. p. 306 (Gracula).
  3. ^ Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 21.
  4. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 64–65. |volume= has extra text (help)
  5. ^ Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  6. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-05-27.


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