White‑rumped Shama Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Copsychus saularis
Family : Copsychus saularis
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : All kind of forests
Description : The White-rumped Shama is a long-tailed passerine whose male is quite different from the female (length 25 cm, weight 33 g, wing 9 cm, bill 2 cm, tarsus 2.6 cm, tail: 16 cm in male, female 12 cm). The male looks glossy black from above and rufous-orange from below. It has glossy blue-black head, mantle and wings, white rump and outer rectrices. Its central rectrices are elongated. Its throat, breast and rest of the lower body are rufous-orange. The female has shorter tail and looks brownish-grey from above and dull orange from below. Both sexes have dark brown irises, black bill, yellowish mouth and pale legs, feet and claws. It feeds on insects and their larvae mostly from the ground. It breeds in March-August.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Eumyias thalassinus
(Pale Blue-flycatcher) -
Turdus eunomus
(Black- (Dark‑) throated Thrush) -
Calliope calliope
(Chinese (White‑tailed) Rubythroat) -
Zoothera monticola
(Scaly Thrush) -
Ficedula tricolor
(Snowy‑browed Flycatcher) -
Ficedula westermanni
(Rusty-tailed Flycatcher) -
Phoenicurus auroreus
(Blue-capped Rock-thrush) -
Ficedula strophiata
(Sapphire Flycatcher) -
Ficedula parva
(Red-throated (Taiga) Flycatcher) -
Tarsiger rufilatus
(White-browed Bush-robin)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch
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Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths
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Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.