Visayan shama

The Visayan shama (Copsychus superciliaris) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Ticao, Masbate, Negros, and Panay in the Philippines. It formerly considered a subspecies of the white-browed shama (Copsychus luzoniensis).[1]

Visayan shama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Copsychus
Species:
C. superciliaris
Binomial name
Copsychus superciliaris
(Bourns & Worcester, 1894)

Description

Described on ebird as "A medium-sized, long-tailed bird... Black on the upperparts and tail, with a white belly and pale pink legs. Male has a black throat and chest. Female has a rufous patch on the rump and lower back, and a white throat with a black breast band. Somewhat similar to Philippine magpie-robin, but has a long white eyebrow and no white wing patch. Heard more often than seen. Gives a very varied song, with loud melodic whistles, warbling trills, and repeated loud “chew chew chew!” notes."[2]

Habitat

Its natural habitat is moist tropical primary and secondary forest up to 1,000 meters above sea level.[3]

References
  1. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  2. "Visayan Shama". Ebird.
  3. Allen, Desmond (2020). Birds of the Philippiens. Barcelona: Lynx. pp. 318–319.


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