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Magpie-robins

  • Copsychus

    The magpie-robins or shamas (from shama, Bengali and Hindi for Copsychus malabaricus) are medium-sized insectivorous birds (some also eat berries and other fruit) in the genus Copsychus.
    formerly in the thrush family Turdidae, but are now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

    Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca meaning a fly and capere to catch.

    The name Copsychus is from the Ancient Greek kopsukhos or kopsikhos, meaning "blackbird".

    1/ Magpie Robin (Chích chòe than, Chia Voi Than, Copsychus saularis)

    2/ White-rumped shama (Chích chòe lửa, Copsychus malabaricus)

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