Rufous-tailed Shama
Copsychus pyrropygus(Lesson, RP, 1839)
English (US) Rufous-tailed Shama
The Rufous-tailed Shama (Copsychus pyrropygus) 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: southern Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and BorneoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Copsychus pyrropygus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Rufous-tailed Shama
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trichixos pyrropyga
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1839)
- Type locality
- Sumatra.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 2 p.167
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas galactotes
Kalahari Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas paena
Brown-backed Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas hartlaubi
White-browed Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas leucophrys
Indian Robin
Copsychus fulicatus
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
Madagascar Magpie-Robin
Copsychus albospecularis
Seychelles Magpie-Robin
Copsychus sechellarum
Philippine Magpie-Robin
Copsychus mindanensis
White-rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus
Sri Lanka Shama
Copsychus leggei
White-crowned Shama
Copsychus stricklandii
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