Male bird, photographed on 4/29/2012 at Taipei Botanical Garden, Taipei City
Male bird, photographed on 4/29/2012 at Taipei Botanical Garden, Taipei City
Male bird, photographed on 4/29/2012 at Taipei Botanical Garden, Taipei City
Male bird, photographed on 4/29/2012 at Taipei Botanical Garden, Taipei City
Male bird, photographed on 5/13/2012 at Taipei Botanical Garden, Taipei City
Video recorder on 4/29/2012 at Taipei Botanical Garden, Taipei City
Chinese name: | 白腰鵲鴝 |
English name: | White-rumped Shama |
Nickname: | |
Scientific name: | Copsychus malabaricus |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Species status: | Species |
Conservation status: | Least Concern. |
Migration status: | Introduced bird in Taiwan |
Frequency of appearance: | |
Foods: | Insects, earthworms, crickets, spiders |
Habitat: | Woodlands |
Altitude: | |
Behavior: | Often appear at the lower level of the woods, searching for foods such as earthworms. |
Characteristics: |
General Characteristics: About 24 cm long. Male's upperpart is mainly dark blue. Primaries are light orange. Rump is white. Throat and upper breast are maroon. Tail is long. Bill is black. Feet are light pink. Female's color is lighter. Summer Plumage: Winter Plumage: Similar species: |
Breeding places: | Southern China, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, etc. |
Migration destinations: | |
Time photographed: | 4/29/2012, 5/13/2012 |
Location found: | Taipei Botanical Garden, Taipei City |
Sources: | Internet |
Notes: | Foreign species, introduced into Taiwan. Now they have bred in the wild, causing impact to local ecology. To protect Taiwan local species, Endemic Species Research Institute of the Council of Agriculture of Taiwan has initiated a plan to remove them from the wild. |
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