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[[Image:Oriental_Magpie_Robin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Neil.<br/> Location: parkland area of Hong Kong, China in May 2005]] | [[Image:Oriental_Magpie_Robin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Neil.<br/> Location: parkland area of Hong Kong, China in May 2005]] | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Also known as Straits Robin and Magpie. | Also known as Straits Robin and Magpie. | ||
19cm long, including the long cocked tail. Black upperparts, head and throat, white shoulder patch. The underparts and the sides of the long tail are white. Females are grey above and greyish white. Young birds have scaly brown upperparts and head. | 19cm long, including the long cocked tail. Black upperparts, head and throat, white shoulder patch. The underparts and the sides of the long tail are white. Females are grey above and greyish white. Young birds have scaly brown upperparts and head. | ||
| − | + | [[Image:5715DSCN7966.jpg|thumb|350px|right|A juvenile bird. Photo by Rosnan_yahya<br/> Location: Johore,Malaysia]] | |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Southern [[Asia]] from [[Bangladesh]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], south [[China]], and the [[Philippines]]. | Southern [[Asia]] from [[Bangladesh]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], south [[China]], and the [[Philippines]]. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Copsychus+saularis}} | {{GSearch|Copsychus+saularis}} | ||
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Revision as of 14:19, 29 October 2008
- Copsychus saularis
Identification
Also known as Straits Robin and Magpie. 19cm long, including the long cocked tail. Black upperparts, head and throat, white shoulder patch. The underparts and the sides of the long tail are white. Females are grey above and greyish white. Young birds have scaly brown upperparts and head.
Distribution
Southern Asia from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Borneo, Indonesia, south China, and the Philippines.
Taxonomy
The Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, family Muscicapidae.
Habitat
Open woodland, cultivated areas and around human habitation.
Behaviour
It nests in a hole, often in a wall, laying 3-6 eggs which are incubated by both sexes.
It is terrestrial, hopping along the ground with cocked tail. The male sings loud melodic notes from the top of a perch during the breeding season.
