Thrushes (Turdidae)
White-browed Shama (Copsychus luzoniensis) - HBW 10, p. 766
French: Shama bridé
German: Brauenschama
Spanish: Shama de Luzón
Other common names: White-eyebrowed Shama
Taxonomy: Turdus luzoniensis Kittlitz, 1832, Luzon, Philippines.
Race superciliaris morphologically distinctive; if found to be equally distinctive vocally, may perhaps be better treated as a separate species. Race parvimaculatus only rather weakly differentiated from nominate; shemleyi poorly known, and validity has been questioned. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- luzoniensis (Kittlitz, 1832) - Luzon and Catanduanes, in N Philippines.
- parvimaculatus (McGregor, 1910) - Polillo I.
- shemleyi duPont, 1976 - Marinduque.
- superciliaris (Bourns & Worcester, 1894) - Masbate, Negros, Panay and Ticao.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a branch. Locality Luzon, Philippines (ssp luzoniensis)
Desmond Allen 3 years ago 23 sec 3.7 -
A singing bird. Locality Negros, Philippines (ssp maybe undiscribed subspecies)
Daniêl Jimenez 14 March 2008 3 years ago 1 min 13 sec 2.5
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1 bird singing.
Locality Philippines (ssp undiscribed subspecies)
Daniêl Jimenez 22 March 2008 3 years ago 4.3
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bird singing from bush Locality Mount Isarog, Camarines Sur Province, Luzon, Philippines
Desmond Allen 1 January 2006 2 years ago 3
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