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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Copsychus |
| Species: | C. superciliaris
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| Copsychus superciliaris | |
Description edit
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 edit
Its natural habitat is moist tropical primary and secondary forest up to 1,000 meters above sea level.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- ^ "Visayan Shama". Ebird.
- ^ Allen, Desmond (2020). Birds of the Philippiens. Barcelona: Lynx. pp. 318–319.
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