The white-vented shama (Copsychus niger) is a species of bird in the chat and flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Palawan, Balabac and Calamian in the Philippines. The species is sometimes placed in the genus Kittacincla, and is the sister species to the black shama of Cebu.[2]
| White-vented shama | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Copsychus |
| Species: | C. niger
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| Binomial name | |
| Copsychus niger (Sharpe, 1877)
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The white-vented shama is 18 to 21 cm (7.1–8.3 in) long and has almost entirely black plumage except for white undertail coverts and four white feathers on the outer edge of the tail. Little is known about the species, which lives in primary on degraded rainforest and scrub.[2]
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Copsychus niger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b Collar, N. (2018). White-vented Shama (Kittacincla nigra). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/58488 on 22 December 2018).
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