White-crowned Shama

Copsychus stricklandii Motley & Dillwyn, 1855

The white-crowned shama (Copsychus stricklandii) is a medium sized passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

Where and when it's recorded

No records at the public birding hotspots we track. It may be rare, remote, or its locations protected.

About

The white-crowned shama (Copsychus stricklandii) is a medium sized passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. The Maratua shama was formerly treated as a subspecies.

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Questions

Where does the White-crowned Shama live?

Its breeding range: Oriental: northern Borneo and Banggi (north of northeastern Borneo).

What family is the White-crowned Shama in?

It belongs to the family Chats, Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).

Range

Oriental: northern Borneo and Banggi (north of northeastern Borneo)

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Order: Passerines Passeriformes
Family: Chats, Old World Flycatchers Muscicapidae
Genus: Copsychus

Other birds in the genus Copsychus

Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis

Seychelles Magpie-RobinCopsychus sechellarum

Philippine Magpie-RobinCopsychus mindanensis

Madagascar Magpie-RobinCopsychus albospecularis

Rufous-tailed ShamaCopsychus pyrropygus

Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatus

White-browed ShamaCopsychus luzoniensis

Visayan ShamaCopsychus superciliaris

White-vented ShamaCopsychus niger

Black ShamaCopsychus cebuensis

Andaman ShamaCopsychus albiventris

Larwo ShamaCopsychus omissus

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