The Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis) is a small passerine bird belongs to the Old World flycatcher. This bird was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae. Famous for their songs and often kept as a cagebird, this bird truly so charming!
Habitat
Having Least Concern status according to IUCN Red List, they can be found almost everywhere in tropical southern Asia. The distribution is from Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and eastern Pakistan, eastern Indonesia, Thailand, South China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
They usually lives in open woodland and cultivated areas often close to human habitations. They nest in tree hollows or niches in walls or building, often adopting nest boxes. People often see them close to the ground, hopping along branches or foraging in leaf-litter on the ground.
Characteristics
This birds have a small body, with length up to 19 cm and weigh only 36 g! They have distinctive in black and white with a long tail, which is uasually held cocked upright whene hopping onthe ground.
The male has black upperparts, head and throat apart from a white shoulder patch. While the underparts and the sides of the long tail are white. The Females are greyish black above and greyish white. Young birds have scaly brown upperparts and head.
Diets and Behaviours
The diets of magpie-robins includes mainly insects and other invetebrates. Although mainly insectivorous, they also likes to eat flower nectar, geckos, leeches, centipedes, and fish. In terms of reproduction, they can produce 4-5 eggs, with 18-24 days incubation periods.
The Oriental magpie-robin have a sweet little chirp. They use a range of calls including territorial, emergence and roosting, threat, submissive, begging and distress calls. It can be refreshing when you here magie-robin song for your mind!
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