Burung kicau (Songbirds)
White-rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus
- legendaris
- 75 km/h
- Risiko rendah
A virtuoso of the bamboo understory whose song is the reason it keeps disappearing into cages. Long-tailed, glossy, and patient enough to mimic any voice in the forest.
- Populasi
- Not quantified globally; described as common in parts of its range, with a suspected declining population trend due to habitat loss and heavy trapping for the cage-bird trade
- Habitat
- Lowland tropical moist forest, swamp forest, secondary jungle, mangroves, bamboo stands, overgrown plantations, and forest clearings, favoring dense undergrowth; sea level to about 600 m elevation
- Fakta menarik
- The White-rumped Shama's melodious song made it a prized cage bird, and in 1889 a recording of a captive shama by Ludwig Koch became one of the earliest known sound recordings of a bird's song.
- Sebaran
- Native across South and Southeast Asia (northern India, Nepal, southern China south through Indochina and Sri Lanka to Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java); introduced populations in Taiwan and on the Hawaiian islands of Kauai (since 1931) and Oahu (since 1940)
- Makanan
- Primarily insects and spiders gleaned from undergrowth, plus other small invertebrates and some berries
- Ukuran
- 0,25 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,27 m
- Masa hidup
- 3 tahun
