Copsychus malabaricus (White-rumped Shama)

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White-rumped Shama

Copsychus malabaricus (Scopoli, GA 1786)

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Muscicapidae
Genus:
   Copsychus
Scientific:
  Copsychus malabaricus

Original description

Citation:
(Scopoli, GA 1786)

Reference:
Delic. Florae Faunae Insubr. 2 p.96

Protonym:
Muscicapa malabarica

Type locality:
Mahe, Malabar.

Link:
https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/11645-deliciae-florae-et-faunae-insubricae-pars-ii

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
0E5168F9821EA81E

Avibase ID:
avibase-0E5168F9

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0E5168F9

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179832

English:
White-rumped Shama
Bulgarian:
Белокръста черногръдка
Bengali:
শ্যামা
Catalan:
shama de carpó blanc
Czech:
šáma bělořitá
Danish:
Hvidgumpet Shama
German:
Weißbürzelschama
Esperanto:
blankpuga ŝamao
Spanish:
Shama malabar
Spanish (Spain):
Shama malabar
Estonian:
šaama-harakööbik
Finnish:
huiluharakkatasku
French:
Shama à croupion blanc
Croatian:
dugorepi živičnjak
Hungarian:
fehérhátú sámarigó
Indonesian:
Kucica hutan
Icelandic:
Sjarmaskotta
Italian:
Shama groppabianca
Japanese:
アカハラシキチョウ
Lithuanian:
baltasturplė šama
Nepali:
श्यामा
Dutch:
Shamalijster
Norwegian:
arieshama
Polish:
sroczek białorzytny
Portuguese:
xama-indiano
Portuguese (Portugal):
shama-malabar
Russian:
Белопоясничный шама
Slovak:
šáma trojfarebná
Serbian:
Belorepi šama drozd
Swedish:
vitgumpad shama
Thai:
นกกางเขนดง
Turkish:
Beyaz Belli Şama
Ukrainian:
шама білогуза
Chinese:
白腰鹊鸲
Chinese (Traditional):
白腰鵲鴝

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): White-rumped Shama ( Copsychus malabaricus) [version 5]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): White-rumped Shama ( Copsychus malabaricus) [version 5]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): White-rumped Shama ( Copsychus malabaricus)
Avilist 2025: White-rumped Shama ( Copsychus malabaricus) [version 5]
Clements, version 2024: White-rumped Shama ( Copsychus malabaricus) [version 5]
Clements, version 2025: White-rumped Shama ( Copsychus malabaricus) [version 5]
eBird version 2024: White-rumped Shama ( Copsychus malabaricus) [version 5]
eBird version 2025: White-rumped Shama ( Copsychus malabaricus) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: White-rumped Shama ( Copsychus malabaricus) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: White-rumped Shama ( Copsychus malabaricus) [version 5]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Copsychus [malabaricus, leggei, omissus or nigricauda] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Catalan: shama de carpó blanc
Czech: šáma bělořitá
Danish: Hvidgumpet Shama
German: Weißbürzelschama
English: White-rumped Shama
Esperanto: blankpuga ŝamao
Spanish: Shama malabar
Estonian: šaama-harakööbik
Finnish: huiluharakkatasku
French: Shama à croupion blanc
Croatian: dugorepi živičnjak
Hungarian: fehérhátú sámarigó
Indonesian: Kucica hutan
Italian: Shama groppabianca
Japanese: アカハラシキチョウ
Scientific: Copsychus malabaricus
Lithuanian: baltasturplė šama
Malayalam: ഷാമക്കിളി
Malay: Murai-Hutan Biasa
Dutch: Shamalijster
Norwegian: arieshama
Polish: sroczek białorzytny
Portuguese: xama-indiano
Portuguese (Portugal): shama-malabar
Russian: Белопоясничный шама
Slovak: šáma trojfarebná
Serbian: Belorepi šama drozd
Swedish: vitgumpad shama
Thai: นกกางเขนดง
Turkish: Beyaz Belli Şama
Ukrainian: шама білогуза
Chinese: 白腰鹊鸲
Chinese (Traditional): 白腰鵲鴝