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 LC    White-vented Shama* Id (Atlas):
    Kittacincla nigra

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
White-vented Shama, Palawan Shama, Black Shama(!)

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
18 - 21.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1877)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)
Philippines.

Calamian Is, Palawan and Balabac, in western Philippines.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

 
White-vented Shama (Copsychus niger) [XC269337]
     by Ross Gallardy from Palawan, forest near Sabang, Philippines (song)

 
White-vented Shama (Copsychus niger) [XC320192]
     by Jelle Scharringa from Zigzag Road, Palawan, MIMAROPA, Philippines (alarm call, call, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

May form a superspecies with Black Shama (Kittacincla cebuensis). Has sometimes been considered closely related to, and possibly conspecific with Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis).


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for White-vented Shama (Kittacincla nigra) - 10 files


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