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Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| China | 9,012 |
|---|---|
| India | 5,508 |
| Thailand | 3,040 |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 2,877 |
| Singapore | 2,564 |
| Taiwan | 1,930 |
| Taiwan Province | 1,745 |
| Malaysia | 1,612 |
| Bangkok | 1,186 |
| Mahārāshtra | 965 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Invertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating invertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Ground nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on the ground.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Cavity nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in cavities.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Bamboo nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in bamboo.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Brood-parasite hostListed by a harvested source as a host of brood parasites.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats · Muscicapidae |
| Genus | Magpie-Robins and Shamas · Copsychus |
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Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Oriental Magpie-Robin with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.