White-vented Shama
Copsychus niger(Sharpe, RB, 1877)
English (US) White-vented Shama
The White-vented Shama (Copsychus niger) 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: Palawan group (southwestern Philippines)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Copsychus niger
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-vented Shama
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1877)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cittocincla nigra
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1877)
- Type locality
- Palawan.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London ser.2, vol.1, pt.6 p.335 pl.52
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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