Rufous-tailed shama

The rufous-tailed shama (Copsychus pyrropygus) is a species of passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in extreme southern Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Rufous-tailed shama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Muscicapidae
Genus:Copsychus
Species:
C. pyrropygus
Binomial name
Copsychus pyrropygus
(Lesson, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Trichixos pyrropyga Lesson, 1839 [orth. error]
  • Copsychus pyrropyga

This species was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Trichixos but was moved to Copsychus based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010.[2][3]

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