White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus)

White-rumped Shama, a reference photo — Photo: Koshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

The white-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. Native to densely vegetated habitats in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, its popularity as a cage-bird and songster has led to it being introduced elsewhere. The Larwo shama, the Kangean shama and the Sri Lanka shama were formerly considered to be conspecific with the white-rumped shama.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of White-rumped Shama being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Copsychus leggei
Copsychus stricklandii

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Copsychus
Species: Copsychus malabaricus

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