Thrushes (Turdidae)
White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus) - HBW 10, p. 765
French: Shama à croupion blanc
German: Schamadrossel
Spanish: Shama Culiblanco
Other common names: Shama; White-crowned Shama (stricklandii)
Taxonomy: Muscicapa malabarica Scopoli, 1788, Mahé, Malabar, India.
Race stricklandii (together with barbouri) commonly treated as a separate species, but intergrades with suavis over a zone almost 300 km wide. Distinctive insular race albiventris putatively worthy of species status; detailed analysis needed. Additional described races based on minor differences and small sample sizes: indicus (Nepal E to N Indochina), pellogynus (SE Myanmar, Peninsular Thailand) and minor (Hainan I) regarded as synonyms of interpositus; mallopercnus (W Malaysia), javanus (W & C Java), omissus (E.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Muscicapa malabarica Scopoli, 1788, Mahé, Malabar, India.
Race stricklandii (together with barbouri) commonly treated as a separate species, but intergrades with suavis over a zone almost 300 km wide. Distinctive insular race albiventris putatively worthy of species status; detailed analysis needed. Additional described races based on minor differences and small sample sizes: indicus (Nepal E to N Indochina), pellogynus (SE Myanmar, Peninsular Thailand) and minor (Hainan I) regarded as synonyms of interpositus; mallopercnus (W Malaysia), javanus (W & C Java), omissus (E Java), eumesus (Natuna Is) and ochroptilus (Anamba Is) as synonyms of tricolor; and opisthopelus (Batu Is) and opisthisus (Banyak Is) as synonyms of melanurus. It seems rather improbable that characters of macrourus will prove constant, in which case this name would apply to all populations currently placed in interpositus. Twelve subspecies currently recognized.
Race stricklandii (together with barbouri) commonly treated as a separate species, but intergrades with suavis over a zone almost 300 km wide. Distinctive insular race albiventris putatively worthy of species status; detailed analysis needed. Additional described races based on minor differences and small sample sizes: indicus (Nepal E to N Indochina), pellogynus (SE Myanmar, Peninsular Thailand) and minor (Hainan I) regarded as synonyms of interpositus; mallopercnus (W Malaysia), javanus (W & C Java), omissus (E Java), eumesus (Natuna Is) and ochroptilus (Anamba Is) as synonyms of tricolor; and opisthopelus (Batu Is) and opisthisus (Banyak Is) as synonyms of melanurus. It seems rather improbable that characters of macrourus will prove constant, in which case this name would apply to all populations currently placed in interpositus. Twelve subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- malabaricus (Scopoli, 1786) - W & S India.
- leggei (Whistler, 1941) - Sri Lanka.
- interpositus (Robinson & Kloss, 1922) - Nepal, N, CE & NE India, Myanmar, S China (S Yunnan), Thailand and Indochina.
- malabaricus (Scopoli, 1786) - W & S India.
- leggei (Whistler, 1941) - Sri Lanka.
- interpositus (Robinson & Kloss, 1922) - Nepal, N, CE & NE India, Myanmar, S China (S Yunnan), Thailand and Indochina.
- macrourus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - Con Son I, in S Vietnam.
- albiventris (Blyth, 1859) - Andaman Is.
- tricolor (Vieillot, 1818) - W Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bangka, Belitung, Natuna Is and Anamba Is.
- melanurus (Salvadori, 1887) - W Sumatran islands (except Enggano).
- mirabilis Hoogerwerf, 1962 - Prinsen I.
- nigricauda (Vorderman, 1893) - Kangean I.
- stricklandii Motley & Dillwyn, 1855 - N Borneo, including Banggi I.
- suavis P. L. Sclater, 1861 - Borneo (Sarawak and Kalimantan).
- barbouri (Bangs & J. L. Peters, 1927) - Maratua Is, in E Borneo.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched on a branch. Locality Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Chaiyaphum Province, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 2 February 2012 1 year ago 37 sec 4.5 -
side view, male, sings and moves off Locality Cat Tien National Park, Cochinchina, Vietnam (ssp interpositus)
Martin Kennewell 14 May 2011 1 year ago 29 sec 4.5 -
A bird peched and later taking a bath. Locality Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Chaiyaphum Province, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 4 February 2012 1 year ago 41 sec 4.4 -
one bird looking around Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp interpositus)
Daniêl Jimenez 26 December 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
A bird perched on a branch. Locality Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Chaiyaphum Province, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 4 February 2012 1 year ago 35 sec 4.3 -
The White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus) is a small passerine bird of the family Muscicapidae. It was formerly classified Locality Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia
Shama_Murai 31 August 2012 37 weeks ago 57 sec 4
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"The gangster bird"
Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp Copsychus malabaricus)
p.supat 13 November 2010 2 years ago 4.1 -
Perched on a tree
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand
John A Thompson 28 October 2012 26 weeks ago 4 -
This is by most considered its own species: White-crowned Shama.
Locality Kinabatangan River, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp stricklandii)
Peter Ericsson 25 July 2011 1 year ago 3.9 -
A frontal view
Locality Gudalur, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp malabaricus)
vasanthan.p.j 10 March 2012 1 year ago 3.8 -
Molting time to get new feather & hope more longer tail after molting.. Must take a good care of shama like feed more live food
Locality Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp White-rumped Shama)
Shama_Murai 4 September 2012 36 weeks ago 3.8 -
A male bird on the ground
Locality Gudalur, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp malabaricus)
vasanthan.p.j 10 March 2012 1 year ago 3.7
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An individual singing several songs. Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia
(ssp interpositus)
Josep del Hoyo 13 March 2011 1 year ago 4.8 -
Song of a male Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 4 years ago 4 -
Song. Locality Masai Rusa River, Asialog Forest Concession, Jambi Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 22 February 2003 4 years ago 4 -
An individual singing. Locality Tmatboey, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia
(ssp interpositus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 March 2011 1 year ago 3.7 -
A bird singing.
Locality Danum Valley Field Center, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo
(ssp stricklandii)
Josep del Hoyo 18 August 1996 2 years ago 3.5 -
A bird singing. Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar
(ssp albiventris)
Josep del Hoyo 15 December 2009 2 years ago 3
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