Thrushes (Turdidae)
Seychelles Magpie-robin (Copsychus sechellarum) - HBW 10, p. 763
French: Shama des Seychelles
German: Seychellendajal
Spanish: Shama de Seychelles
Taxonomy: Copsychus sechellarum A. Newton, 1865, on some islands of the Seychelles.
May form a superspecies with C. albospecularis and C. saularis. Monotypic.
Distribution: Seychelles, on islands of Frégate and Cousin. Introduced on Cousine and Aride.
- Critically Endangered Enlarge map
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An adult on a branch and then on the ground, feeding Locality Aride Island, Seychelles (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 29 October 2001 5 years ago 26 sec 4.6 -
An adult foraging on the ground. Locality Aride Island, Seychelles (Monotypic species)
Mike Edgecombe 1 June 2005 3 years ago 24 sec 4.5 -
An adult perched on a branch Locality Cousin Island, Seychelles (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2000 6 years ago 19 sec 4 -
An adult atracted to a person scratching the ground, as this can make prey visible Locality Cousin Island, Seychelles (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2000 6 years ago 15 sec 3.8
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A ringed bird searching for insects in the litter on Aride Island.
Locality Aride Island, Seychelles (Monotypic species)
Norbert Sauberer 21 September 2008 2 years ago 3.5 -
when this male was photographed in 1992 it was one of the worlds rarest birds with fewer than 60 remaining in the wild.
Locality Aride Island, Seychelles (Monotypic species)
M P Goodey 1 November 1992 28 weeks ago 2.7
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