White-rumped Shama

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male has a white rump and white outer tail feathers
2. Male is largely glossy black
3. Male has a chestnut belly
4. Black bill; pink legs and feet

Male, female and young

Female is gray-brown and usually shorter than the male; juvenile is gray-brown like the female, with spots on the breast.

Voice

Loud and clear, with varied phrases, often mimicking other birds; gives a “Tck” when alarmed or foraging.

Where and when it's recorded

White-rumped Shama has been recorded at 425 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 11 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Kanha NP – Mukki ZoneIndia4,977 records
2. Nantou – Jiji Endemic Species Research InstituteTaiwan (China)1,907 records
3. Taipei – Taipei Botanical GardenTaiwan (China)1,474 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaThailandChinaSingaporeCambodiaNepalBangladeshMyanmar (Burma)

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The white-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. Native to densely vegetated habitats in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, its popularity as a cage-bird and songster has led to it being introduced elsewhere.

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