Profile
In flight
Songbirds
White-rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus
- legendary
- 75 km/h
- Least Concern
A virtuoso of the bamboo understory whose song is the reason it keeps disappearing into cages. Long-tailed, glossy, and patient enough to mimic any voice in the forest.
- Population
- widespread across South and Southeast Asia, declining locally from cage-bird trapping
- Habitat
- dense undergrowth of evergreen and bamboo forest, shaded forest edge
- Diet
- insects, small invertebrates, occasional berries
- Size
- 0.25 m
- Wingspan
- 0.27 m
