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Oriental Magpie-Robin

Copsychus saularis (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The Oriental magpie-robin is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but now considered an Old World flycatcher. They are distinctive black and white birds with a long tail that is held upright as they forage on the ground or perch conspicuously. Occurring across most of the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia, they are common birds in urban gardens as well as forests. They are particularly well known for their songs and were once popular as cagebirds. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Muscicapidae
Genus:
   Copsychus
Scientific:
  Copsychus saularis

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.165

Protonym:
  Gracula Saularis

Type locality:
  Asia; restricted to Bengal by Baker, 1921, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 27, p. 714.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/184/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  D112C938D2650926

Avibase ID:
  avibase-D112C938

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/D112C938

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 559432

Geographic range:

  • Copsychus saularis [saularis, erimelas or prosthopellus]: northeastern Pakistan, Nepal, and northern India to eastern and southern China, Hainan, Thailand, and Indochina
  • Copsychus saularis ceylonensis: southeastern India and Sri Lanka
  • Copsychus saularis andamanensis: Andaman Islands
  • Copsychus saularis [musicus, zacnecus, nesiarchus, masculus or pagiensis]: Thai-Malay Peninsula (perhaps an area of introgression between saularis and musicus?), Sumatra and associated islands (Simeulue, the Batu Islands, Nias, Mentawai Islands, Riau Archipelago, Belitung, and Bangka), and western Java; intergrades with amoenus in central Java
  • Copsychus saularis amoenus: eastern Java and Bali
  • Copsychus saularis adamsi: northern Borneo, including Banggi and adjacent islands (off northeastern Borneo)
  • Copsychus saularis pluto: eastern Borneo and Maratua Island
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Catalan:
shama oriental
Czech:
šáma stračí
Danish:
Dayal
German:
Dajalschama
Spanish:
Shama Oriental
Spanish (Spain):
Shama Oriental
Finnish:
harakkatasku
French:
Shama dayal
Croatian:
crnoleđi živičnjak
Hungarian:
Dayal-rigó
Italian:
Pettirosso gazza orientale
Japanese (romaji):
shikichou
Japanese:
シキチョウ
Lithuanian:
Rytinė šama
Dutch:
Dayallijster
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Orientskjorskvett
Norwegian:
Orientskjæreskvett
Polish:
sroczek zmienny
Portuguese:
dominico
Portuguese (Portugal):
shama-oriental
Russian:
Сорочий шама
Slovak:
šáma stračia
Serbian:
Obični svrakasti drozd
Swedish:
orientshama
Ukrainian:
Шама індійська
Chinese:
鹊鸲
Chinese (Traditional):
鵲鴝

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Copsychus [saularis or mindanensis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Bengali: উদয়ী দোয়েল
Catalan: shama oriental
Cebuano: siloy-itom ug pútî
Czech: šáma stračí
Danish: Dayal
German: Dajaldrossel, Dajalschama
English: Dyal, Magpie robin, Oriental Magpie Robin, Oriental Magpie-Robin
English, HBW: Oriental Magpie-robin
English (IOC): Oriental Magpie-Robin
English (United States): Oriental Magpie-Robin
Esperanto: Orienta pigonajtingalo, Orienta ŝamao
Spanish: Shama Oriental
Spanish (Spain): Shama Oriental
Spanish (HBW): Oriental Magpie-Robin
Estonian: pugal-harakööbik
Finnish: harakkatasku
French: Shama dayal, Shama dayal (saularis)
Croatian: crnoleđi živičnjak
Hungarian: Dayal-rigó
Indonesian: Burung Kucica Kampung, Kucica kampung
Italian: Pettirosso gazza orientale
Japanese (romaji): shiki-chō, shikichou
Japanese: シキチョウ
Japanese (Kanji): 四季鳥
Mongolian, Halh: занги бялзуухай
Korean: 까치울새
Scientific: Copsychus saularis, Copsychus saularis saularis, Gracula Saularis, Lanius niger
Lithuanian: Rytinė šama
Latvian: žagatu strazds
Malayalam: മണ്ണാത്തി  , മണ്ണാത്തിപ്പുള്ള്
Mongolian: алаг хятруу, занги бялзуухай
Marathi: दयाळ
Malay: Burung Murai Kampung
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): алаг хятруу
Nepali: धोबिनी चरा
Dutch: Dayallijster
Norwegian Nynorsk: Orientskjorskvett
Norwegian: Orientskjæreskvett
Polish: sroczek zmienny
Pinyin: dé-yā-niǎo, jìn niǎo, jīng-yā-què, què-qú, shǐ kēng què, shǐ-yā-què, sì xǐ, tǔ-gēng-niǎo, xìn niǎo, xǐ-què ōu-qú, zhī-shí-niǎo, zhū-shǐ-què, zhū-shǐ-zhā
Portuguese: dominico
Portuguese (Portugal): shama-oriental
Russian: Сорочий шама, Сорочий шама-дрозд
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Polkichcha
Slovak: šáma stračia
Serbian: Obični svrakasti drozd
Swedish: orientshama, Skatnäktergal
Tamil: Karuppu Vellai Kuruvi
Thai: นกกางเขนบ้าน , นกจีแจ้บ, นกจีจู๊, นกบินหลาบ้าน, นกอีปุ้ย, นกอีพุ้ย
Thai (Transliteration): nók bin-lăa-bâan, nók cii-câeep, nók cii-cúu, nók ii-pʰúy, nók ii-pûy, nók kaaŋ-kʰĕen bâan
Turkish: Çinhindi alaca bülbülü
Ukrainian: Шама індійська
Vietnamese: Chích chòe, Chích chòe than, Chim Chích chòe
Chinese: 信鸟, 喜鹊欧鸲, 四喜, 土更鸟, 屎坑雀, 屎鸦雀, 得鸦鸟, 猪屎喳, 猪屎雀, 知时鸟, 精鸦雀, 进鸟, 鹊鸲
Chinese (Traditional): 信鳥, 喜鵲歐鴝, 四喜, 土更鳥, 屎坑雀, 屎鴉雀, 得鴉鳥, 知時鳥, 精鴉雀, 豬屎喳, 豬屎雀, 進鳥, 鵲鴝
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 鵲鴝
Chinese (Taiwan): 鹊鸲, 鹊鹆

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