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[[Image:White-rumped_Shama.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by pohsp<br />Photo taken: khao Yai National Park, [[Thailand]].]] | [[Image:White-rumped_Shama.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by pohsp<br />Photo taken: khao Yai National Park, [[Thailand]].]] | ||
;[[:Category:Copsychus|Copsychus]] malabaricus | ;[[:Category:Copsychus|Copsychus]] malabaricus | ||
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''Stricklandi'' (together with ''barbouri'') from [[Borneo]] is sometimes considered a full species, '''White-crowned Shama'''. | ''Stricklandi'' (together with ''barbouri'') from [[Borneo]] is sometimes considered a full species, '''White-crowned Shama'''. | ||
− | [[Image:White-crowned_Shama.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by Joe Pan<br />Photo taken: Kinabatangan District, Sabah, Malaysia.<br />C. m. stricklandi (White-crowned Shama)]] | + | [[Image:White-crowned_Shama.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by Joe Pan<br />Photo taken: Kinabatangan District, Sabah, [[Malaysia]].<br />C. m. stricklandi (White-crowned Shama)]] |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Valley forests and lowland broadleaf forests. | Valley forests and lowland broadleaf forests. |
Revision as of 18:49, 13 May 2009
- Copsychus malabaricus
Includes: White-crowned Shama
Identification
22-28cm. Glossy black, chestnut belly, white feathers on the rump and outer tail. Females - more grey-brown, shorter than males. Both sexes have a black bill and pink feet. Juveniles have a more grey or brown coloration, similar to that of the females, with a blotchy or spotted chest.
Distribution
South Asia, introduced to Kaua'i, Hawaii, in early 1931 from Malaysia, and to O'ahu in 1940.
Taxonomy
About 20 subspecies accepted.
Stricklandi (together with barbouri) from Borneo is sometimes considered a full species, White-crowned Shama.
Habitat
Valley forests and lowland broadleaf forests.
Behaviour
The nests are built of roots, leaves, ferns, and stems and are placed near the ground. The eggs are white to light aqua, with variable shades of brown blotching; both parents incubate for between 12 and 15 days.
The diet includes grasshoppers, termites, caterpillars, grubs, and fruit. The young are fed earthworms and insects.