Thrushes (Turdidae)
Oriental Magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis) - HBW 10, p. 765
French: Shama dayal
German: Dajaldrossel
Spanish: Shama Oriental
Other common names: Magpie Robin
Taxonomy: Gracula Saularis Linnaeus, 1758, Bengal, India.
May form a superspecies with C. sechellarum and C. albospecularis. Races form three basic groups: “nominate group” (white belly, white in tail), “amoenus group” (black belly, white in tail), and “mindanensis group” (white belly, black tail). Described race problematicus from Borneo is an intergrade between musicus and pluto. Several other named races are poorly differentiated or part of clinal variation, or based on very small sample sizes: erimelas (NE India E to Indochina) and prosthopellus (China and Hainan) synonym.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Gracula Saularis Linnaeus,1758. Bengal, India.
May form a superspecies with C. sechellarum and C. albospecularis. Races form three basic groups: “nominate group” (white belly, white in tail), “amoenus group” (black belly, white in tail), and “mindanensis group” (white belly, black tail). Described race problematicus from Borneo is an intergrade between musicus and pluto. Several other named races are poorly differentiated or part of clinal variation, or based on very small sample sizes: erimelas (NE India E to Indochina) and prosthopellus (China and Hainan) synonymized with nominate, and zacnecus (Simeulue I), nesiarchus (Nias I), masculus (Batu Is), pagiensis (Mentawai) and javensis (W Java) with musicus. Proposed Philippine race deuteronymus (Luzon), separated on lightly barred buff wash of lower underparts of female, also regarded as too weak to merit recognition and thus merged with mindanensis. Eight subspecies recognized.
May form a superspecies with C. sechellarum and C. albospecularis. Races form three basic groups: “nominate group” (white belly, white in tail), “amoenus group” (black belly, white in tail), and “mindanensis group” (white belly, black tail). Described race problematicus from Borneo is an intergrade between musicus and pluto. Several other named races are poorly differentiated or part of clinal variation, or based on very small sample sizes: erimelas (NE India E to Indochina) and prosthopellus (China and Hainan) synonymized with nominate, and zacnecus (Simeulue I), nesiarchus (Nias I), masculus (Batu Is), pagiensis (Mentawai) and javensis (W Java) with musicus. Proposed Philippine race deuteronymus (Luzon), separated on lightly barred buff wash of lower underparts of female, also regarded as too weak to merit recognition and thus merged with mindanensis. Eight subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- saularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - NE Pakistan and India E to S & E China (including Hainan I), S to Thailand and Indochina.
- ceylonensis P. L. Sclater, 1861 - S India and Sri Lanka.
- andamanensis Hume, 1874 - Andaman Is.
- saularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - NE Pakistan and India E to S & E China (including Hainan I), S to Thailand and Indochina.
- ceylonensis P. L. Sclater, 1861 - S India and Sri Lanka.
- andamanensis Hume, 1874 - Andaman Is.
- musicus (Raffles, 1822) - S Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia S to Sumatra (including islands of Simeulue, Nias, Batu, Belitung, Bangka), W Java and S & W Borneo.
- amoenus (Horsfield, 1821) - E Java and Bali.
- pluto Bonaparte, 1850 - N, E & SE Borneo and Maratua I.
- adamsi Elliot, 1890 - extreme N coastal Borneo and adjacent islands.
- mindanensis (Boddaert, 1783) - Philippines.
- Least Concern
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A male mandibulating and eating a worm, then being alert. Khao Khaew Open Zoo, Chonburi, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp saularis)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2008 1 year ago 32 sec 4.5 -
A male perched, looking around and rubbing its bill. Khao Khaew Open Zoo, Chonburi, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp saularis)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2008 1 year ago 23 sec 4.2 -
just before the enterence of the park. Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 1 December 2008 1 year ago 8 sec 3.9 -
A male perched on a branch, dorsal and ventral views Pulau Manukan, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp intergrading pluto/adamsi)
Keith Blomerley 29 September 2001 2 years ago 23 sec 3.7 -
A male singing from an electricity pole. Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp musicus)
Pieter de Groot Bo... 1 August 2006 1 year ago 25 sec 3.6 -
A female on the ground Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp saularis)
Jean Hupperetz 31 October 2004 5 years ago 5 sec 3.6
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A male protect his territory Pakistan
Zotyesz 23 March 2010 23 weeks ago 4.6 -
a bird on the ground Delhi, India
Stefan Helming 27 May 2010 12 weeks ago 4.3 -
An adult male foraging. Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp musicus)
Christophe Gouraud 20 November 2009 33 weeks ago 4 -
Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis) in flight with nest-building material. Maharashtra, India
Ryan Brookes 27 April 2008 43 weeks ago 4 -
A male bird preening its feathers The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 30 September 2009 47 weeks ago 4 -
Male. 228 Peace Memorial Park, Taipei City, Taiwan
alder 10 December 2008 1 year ago 4
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Soft sweet calls in evening Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 September 2006 33 weeks ago 4 -
Long sweet calls in morning Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2006 33 weeks ago 4 -
Song by male Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 2007 41 weeks ago 4 -
Four calls of a male. Mudumalai National Park, India
(ssp ceylonensis)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2009 18 weeks ago 3.5 -
Calling before roosting in evening, soft calls Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2006 33 weeks ago 3 -
Singing adult Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India
(ssp saularis)
Andrew_Davis 1 March 2006 37 weeks ago 3
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