The white-rumped shama 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
White rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus Khao Yai
Male, Khao Yai National Park, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
White-rumped shama at Manas National Park, Assam, India
The magpie-robins or shamas are medium-sized insectivorous birds in the genus Copsychus. They were formerly in the thrush family Turdidae, but are now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher famil
White-rumped shama
…that the bird was found on the Malabar Coast of India. The type locality is Mahé. The white-rumped shama is now one of 17 species placed in the genus Copsychus that was introduced in 1827 by the German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler. Nine subspecies are recognised…
Copsychus sechellarum Seychelles 8