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White-crowned Shama - BirdForum Opus

Copsychus stricklandii
Photo by Joe Pan
Photo taken: Kinabatangan District, Sabah, Malaysia.

Description

Identification

Distribution & Taxonomy

This north Borneo endemic, like its close relative, the White-rumped, has a powerful and melodious song and so is highly prized as a cage bird. Sadly, poaching has greatly reduced its population in some parts of its range.

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