Visayan Shama
Copsychus superciliaris(Bourns, FS; Worcester, DC, 1894)
English (US) Visayan Shama
The Visayan Shama (Copsychus superciliaris) 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: Philippines (Ticao, Masbate, Panay, and Negros)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Copsychus superciliaris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Visayan Shama
- Described by
- (Bourns, FS; Worcester, DC, 1894)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cittocincla superciliaris
- Described by
- (Bourns, FS; Worcester, DC, 1894)
- Type locality
- Masbate, Negros and Ticao Islands.
- Original description
- Occasional Papers of the Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences 1 (1), (December 8) p.23
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
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Maratua Shama
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Andaman Shama
Copsychus albiventris
Larwo Shama
Copsychus omissus
White-browed Shama
Copsychus luzoniensis
White-vented Shama
Copsychus niger
Black Shama
Copsychus cebuensis
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Pale Flycatcher
Agricola pallidus
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Fraser's Forest Flycatcher
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