White-crowned shama
White-crowned shama | |
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Conservation status | |
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Copsychus |
Species: | C. stricklandii |
Binomial name | |
Copsychus stricklandii Motley & Dillwyn, 1855 | |
Subspecies | |
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The white-crowned shama (Copsychus stricklandii) is a bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is endemic to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo.[1]
Taxonomy
It is closely related to the white-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus) of which it is sometimes considered a subspecies.[2] In turn, the white-crowned shama has been credited with two subspecies:[3]
- C. s. stricklandii Motley & Dillwyn, 1855 – north and north-eastern Borneo, including Banggi Island
- C. s. barbouri (Bangs & Peters, 1927) (Maratua Shama) – Maratua Islands
Description
The white-crowned shama is about 21–28 cm in length (including a 7 cm tail in adult males) and 31–42 g in weight. Mainly blue-black upperparts contrast with orange-rufous underparts. It has a white rump and black throat. It is largely similar in appearance to the white-rumped shama subspecies C. m. suavis, which replaces it in southern and western Borneo, and hybridises with it where the ranges meet.[4] It differs in having a white, rather than black, crown. The distinctive Maratua form C. s. barbouri is about 20% longer than the nominate, and has an all-black tail, rather than white outer rectrices.[1]
Aviculture
White-crowned shamas are bred by local aviculturists in Borneo as cage-birds valued for their singing ability. They continue to be trapped as it is believed that wild-caught young birds are stronger, and better songsters, than those bred in captivity.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Phillipps, Quentin; & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.
- ↑ "White-rumped Shama". Species factsheet. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
- ↑ Gill, F & D Donsker (Eds). (2013). "IOC World Bird List (v 3.5).". IOC. doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.3.5.
- ↑ "White-rumped Shama". HBW Alive. Lynx Editions. Retrieved 2013-11-15.