Oriental Magpie-robin

Copsychus saularis

Description

Copsychus saularis is 20 cm in size, predominantly white and black. In individual males the head, crown and back, and wings are light black, while the chest and lower tail are white, and there is a white stripe on the wings. The females are like males but the black part of the males becomes a dull gray color.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

20 cm

Di

Diurnal

In

Insectivorest

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Passeriformes

FAMILY

:

Muscicapidae

GENUS

:

Copsychus

SPECIES

:

Copsychus saularis

Distribution

Copsychus saularis is found in open forests and cultivated areas close to human habitation.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : China, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and East Pakistan.

Southeast Asia: Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra, Java, and Bali)

Habits and Lifestyle

Copsychus saularis is a rover bird in a variety of environments. They are often active at dusk. They sometimes bathe in rainwater collected on tree leaves.

Lifestyle

–

Biome

Open forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Copsychus saularis feed mainly on insects and other invertebrates. Sometimes it also feeds on the nectar of flowers, geckos, leeches, centipedes, and even fish.

Diet : Insektivora

Mating Habits

The male Copsychus saularis is quite aggressive in the breeding season and will defend its territory, breeding mainly from March to July in India and January to June in Southeast Asia, nesting in tree holes or niches in walls or buildings, nesting cavities that work with grass. The nesting is done 1 week before the eggs are laid, made by both broodstock. Lay four or five eggs and incubated by the female for 8 to 14 days. Female individuals spend more energy to feed the male.

Reproduction session : March to July in India and January to June in Southeast Asia

Incubation periods: 8 to 14 days

Independent age :

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 4 or 5 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population number​

It is evaluated as of least concern because the population does not end the threshold, although in some areas the population is decreasing.

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.
  2. Copsychus saularis on The IUCN Red List site 
  3. Oriental Magpie-robin on Wikipedia article