Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)  Male at Kolkata I IMG 3003🐦

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SpeciesPasseriformesMuscicapidae
Birds

🐦Oriental magpie-robin

Copsychus saularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Oriental magpie-robin is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but now considered an Old World flycatcher. The males are distinctive black and white birds with a long tail that is held upright as they forage on the ground or perch conspicuously. Occurring across most of the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia, they are common birds in urban gardens as well as forests. They are particularly well known for their songs and are popular as cagebirds.

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Also called
Copsychus saularis, Oriental Magpie Robin
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
0.04 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Body mass
0.04 kg
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Tail length
0.08 m
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Wing length
0.1 m
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Beak length
0.02 m
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Tarsus length
0.03 m
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Trophic level
Carnivore
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Habitat
Woodland
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Lifestyle
Terrestrial
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

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In other languages
Dayal (da), rossinyol garser comú (ca), šáma stračí (cs), Copsychus saularis (de), Copsychus saularis (es), harakkatasku (fi) … and 24 more languages
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