Black Shama
Copsychus cebuensis(Steere, JB, 1890)
English (US) Black Shama
The Black Shama (Copsychus cebuensis) 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.
Range: Cebu (south-central Philippines)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Copsychus cebuensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Shama
- Described by
- (Steere, JB, 1890)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cittocincla cebuensis
- Described by
- (Steere, JB, 1890)
- Type locality
- no locality; Cebu Island designated by Bourns and Worcester, 1894, Occ. Papers Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci., 1, p. 58.
- Original description
- A list of the birds and mammals collected by the Steere Expedition to the Philippines, with localities, and with brief preliminary descriptions of supposed new species p.20
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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