Madagascar Magpie-Robin
Copsychus albospecularis(Eydoux, JFT; Gervais, FLP, 1836)
English (US) Madagascar Magpie-Robin
The Madagascar Magpie-Robin (Copsychus albospecularis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Copsychus albospecularis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Madagascar Magpie-Robin
- Described by
- (Eydoux, JFT; Gervais, FLP, 1836)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Copsychus albospecularis pica
- Copsychus albospecularis albospecularis
- Copsychus albospecularis inexspectatus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Turdus albo-specularis
- Described by
- (Eydoux, JFT; Gervais, FLP, 1836)
- Type locality
- Madagascar ; restricted to Maroantsetra, northeastern Madagascar, by Delacour, 1931, Ois. Rev. Frang. Orn., 1, p. 623.
- Original description
- Magasin de Zoologie 6 cl.2 p.9 pl.64,65
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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