Ng's Langkawi Shama (1 Viewer)

[Björn Bergenholtz]

• Meng Yue Wu & Frank E. Rheindt. 2022. A distinct new subspecies of the white-rumped shama Copsychus malabaricus at imminent risk of extinction. Journal of Ornithology 163 (3): pp. 659–669:

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Results
We here describe the new taxon of the Copsychus malabaricus complex from the Langkawi archipelago and islands to the north at the subspecies level:

Copsychus malabaricus ngae, subspecies nova
English name: Langkawi Shama
Malay name: Murai Batu Langkawi
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Etymology
The new taxon is named in honour of Ng Chin Wei, who first made our research team aware of this distinct population by connecting us to a Malaysian birdkeeper in Penang named Mel Ivan Blake, who recounted stories of a highly-prized long-tailed variety of shama from Langkawi which is sold at inflated price levels in the markets of Penang and Kedah states, and who showed us video footage of this new shama illustrating its remarkable distinctness. The epithet ngae is in the genitive singular and is inalienable.

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Enjoy!

Björn

PS. I assume it's this Birder ... (but I have no idea what-so-ever about her origin/nationality)