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White-Rumped Shama (Shamalijster)




White-Rumped Shama - Copsychus malabaricus - Shamalijster
India to Southeast-Asia and Indonesia.

The following 9 subspecies are being recognized:
Copsychus malabaricus malabaricus - West- and Central-India;
Copsychus malabaricus macrourus - Nepal and North-India to South-China and Indochina including Con Son Island (off South-Vietnam);
Copsychus malabaricus tricolor - West-Malaysia, Sumatra and east satellites;
Copsychus malabaricus suavis - Borneo (except north);
Copsychus malabaricus hypolizus - Simeulue Island, west coast of Sumatra. Extinct in the wild;
Copsychus malabaricus opisthochrus - Lasia and Babi Islands, west coast of Sumatra. Extinct in the wild;
Copsychus malabaricus melanurus - West-Sumatran islands (west of Sumatra);
Copsychus malabaricus mirabilis - Panaitan (=Prinsen Island, west of Java);
Copsychus malabaricus ngae - islands off the West-Thai-Malay Peninsula from Yam Yai Island to the Langkawi Archipelago. Possibly extinct in the wild.

Of this species there are no Nature Photo's available.


White-Rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus ssp.
White-Rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus ssp.
White-Rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus ssp.
White-Rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus ssp.