Madagascar Magpie-Robin - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by rdavis
Photographed: Arboretum d'Antsokay, Madagascar, November, 2011

Photo by balticbird
Taken at La Mangrove, Madagascar

Includes Pelzeln's Magpie-robin

Copsychus albospecularis

Identification

Black head and back, the wings are black with a white band across them, the belly is white. The female has a brown head, back and wings (except for a white band across the wings), belly is a light grey.

Distribution

Madagascar.

Taxonomy

3 subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• C. a. albospecularis:

• Northeastern Madagascar (intergrading with inexspectatus in central eastern Madagascar)

• C. a. inexspectatus:

• Southeastern Madagascar (intergrading with albospecularis in central eastern Madagascar)

• C. a. pica (Pelzeln's Magpie-robin):

• Northern, western, and southern Madagascar (Tsaranatana massif south to the Androy region)

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

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