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'''Alternative names:  Straits Robin, Magpie Robin'''
 
'''Alternative names:  Straits Robin, Magpie Robin'''
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[[Image:Oriental_Magpie_Robin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br />[[Hong Kong]], [[China]] in May 2005]]
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[[Image:Oriental_Magpie_Robin.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br />[[Hong Kong]], [[China]] in May 2005]]
 
;[[:Category:Copsychus|Copsychus]] saularis
 
;[[:Category:Copsychus|Copsychus]] saularis
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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====Variation====
 
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[[Image:Oriental Magpie Robin Female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Avian+Seeker|Avian Seeker}}<br />[[Singapore]], May 2013]]
 
Males in [[Borneo]] have an all black belly.  
 
Males in [[Borneo]] have an all black belly.  
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[[Image:Oriental Magpie Robin Female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Avian+Seeker|Avian Seeker}}<br />[[Singapore]], May 2013]]
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
Southern [[Asia]] from [[Bangladesh]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]],  [[Sri Lanka]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]] and south [[China]].  Possible spread north into Afghanistan with probably the first sighting for the country in Camp Bastion, Helmand on 2nd April 2012.
 
Southern [[Asia]] from [[Bangladesh]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]],  [[Sri Lanka]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]] and south [[China]].  Possible spread north into Afghanistan with probably the first sighting for the country in Camp Bastion, Helmand on 2nd April 2012.
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[[Image:5715DSCN7966.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Rosnan_yahya|Rosnan_yahya}}<br />Johore, [[Malaysia]],  August 2004]]
 
[[Image:5715DSCN7966.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Rosnan_yahya|Rosnan_yahya}}<br />Johore, [[Malaysia]],  August 2004]]
 
16 subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
16 subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''C. s. saularis: Lowlands of [[Pakistan]] to northern and western [[India]]
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*''C. s. saularis'':
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*''C. s. ceylonensis'': South-eastern India and [[Sri Lanka]]
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:North-eastern [[Pakistan]], [[Nepal]], and northern [[India]] to eastern and southern [[China]], Hainan Island, [[Thailand]], and [[Indochina]]
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*''C. s. erimelas'': North-eastern India to [[Myanmar]], Thailand and [[Indochina]]
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*''C. s. ceylonensis'':
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*''C. s. andamanensis'': [[Andaman Islands]]
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:*South East India and [[Sri Lanka]]
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*''C. s. prosthopellus'': Southern [[China]] (Sichuan to mouth of Yangtze River and Hainan)
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*''C. s. andamanensis'':
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*''C. s. musicus'': Peninsula [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]] and [[Sumatra]]
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:*[[Andaman Islands]]
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*''C. s. nesiotes'': South-eastern Sumatra, Rhio Archipelago, Belitung and Bangka islands
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*''C. s. musicus'':
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*''C. s. zacnecus'': Simeulue Island (off Sumatra)
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:*Thai-Malay Peninsula (perhaps an area of introgression between saularis and musicus?), [[Sumatra]] and associated islands (Simeulue, the Batu Islands, Nias, and the Mentawai Islands), and western [[Java]]; intergrades with amoenus in central Java
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*''C. s. nesiarchus'': Nias Island (off Sumatra)
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*''C. s. nesiotes'':
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*''C. s. masculus'': Batu Islands (Pini, Tello and Tana Massa)
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:*South East Sumatra, Rhio Archipelago, Belitung and Bangka islands
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*''C. s. pagiensis'': Mentawi Archipelago, Siberut and Sipoura islands (off Sumatra)
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*''C. s. amoenus'':
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*''C. s. javensis'': Western [[Java]]
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:*East Java and [[Bali]]
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*''C. s. amoenus'': Eastern Java and [[Bali]]
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*''C. s. adamsi'':
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*''C. s. problematicus'': South-western and western [[Borneo]]
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:*North [[Borneo]], Banggi and adjacent islands
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*''C. s. adamsi'': Northern Borneo, Banggi and adjacent islands
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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==References==
 
==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2118815 Birdforum thread] discussing the possible split of Philippine Magpie-Robin
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2118815 Birdforum thread] discussing the possible split of Philippine Magpie-Robin
 
#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
 
#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
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#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=174241 Birdforum thread discussing taxonomy of Magpie-Robins]
 
#Wikipedia
 
#Wikipedia
 
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Revision as of 00:25, 13 November 2016

Alternative names: Straits Robin, Magpie Robin

Photo by Neil
Hong Kong, China in May 2005
Copsychus saularis

Identification

19–21 cm (7½-8¼ in); including long tail

  • Black upperparts, head and throat
  • White shoulder patch, underparts and tail side

Females

  • Grey upperparts
  • Greyish white underparts

Juveniles have scaly brown upperparts and head

Variation

Female
Photo by Avian Seeker
Singapore, May 2013

Males in Borneo have an all black belly.

Distribution

Southern Asia from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Borneo, Indonesia and south China. Possible spread north into Afghanistan with probably the first sighting for the country in Camp Bastion, Helmand on 2nd April 2012.

Taxonomy

Philippine Magpie-Robin was formerly included in this species.

Subspecies

Juvenile
Photo by Rosnan_yahya
Johore, Malaysia, August 2004

16 subspecies are recognized[1]:

  • C. s. saularis:
North-eastern Pakistan, Nepal, and northern India to eastern and southern China, Hainan Island, Thailand, and Indochina
  • C. s. ceylonensis:
  • C. s. andamanensis:
  • C. s. musicus:
  • Thai-Malay Peninsula (perhaps an area of introgression between saularis and musicus?), Sumatra and associated islands (Simeulue, the Batu Islands, Nias, and the Mentawai Islands), and western Java; intergrades with amoenus in central Java
  • C. s. nesiotes:
  • South East Sumatra, Rhio Archipelago, Belitung and Bangka islands
  • C. s. amoenus:
  • C. s. adamsi:
  • North Borneo, Banggi and adjacent islands
  • C. s. pluto:
  • East Borneo and Maratua Islands

Habitat

Open woodland, cultivated areas and around human habitation.

Behaviour

Action

They hop on the ground with a frequently cocked tail.

Breeding

The build their nests in a hole, often in a wall. The clutch consists of 3-6 eggs which are incubated by both sexes.

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of crickets, particularly crickets, beetles, caterpillars, ants, wasps and termites.

Vocalisation

The male sings from a perch during the breeding season. It is a loud, tuneful, song.
In the recording here one male sitting high up on a Pine tree is giving song with a variety of intervening calls.
<flashmp3>oriental_magpie-robin_alok.mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
Recording by Alok Tewari
Sat Tal, Dist. Nainital, Alt. 5500-6000 feet above MSL, India, April-2015

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Birdforum thread discussing the possible split of Philippine Magpie-Robin
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
  4. Birdforum thread discussing taxonomy of Magpie-Robins
  5. Wikipedia

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