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Sri Lanka Shama
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Sri Lanka Shama

also known as Sri Lankan Shama
Copsychus leggei
BirdNET IDBN03128
Taxon groupAves
iNat observations206
Image sourceiNaturalist
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Description wikipedia

The Sri Lanka shama (Copsychus leggei) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that is endemic to Sri Lanka. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the white-rumped shama.

Translated Descriptions (2)

nl wikipedia
De ceylonshamalijster (Copsychus leggei) is een zangvogel uit de familie Muscicapidae (vliegenvangers). Het is een endemische soort shamalijster op Sri Lanka.
sv wikipedia
Ceylonshama (Copsychus leggei) är en fågel i familjen flugsnappare inom ordningen tättingar.

Common Names (22 locales)

bg Цейлонска черногръдка
da Sri Lanka-shama
de Ceylonschama
en Sri Lanka Shama
es Shama de Sri Lanka
es_EC Shama de Sri Lanka
es_ES Shama de Sri Lanka
es_MX Shama de Sri Lanka
fr Shama de Ceylan
it Merlo gazza dello Sri Lanka
ja スリランカアカハラシキチョウ
nl Ceylonese shama
no srilankashama
pl sroczek cejloński
pt sri lanka shama
pt_PT Sri lanka shama
sk šáma cejlónska
sr Cejlonski šama drozd
sv ceylonshama
tr Seylan Şaması
uk Шама ланкійська
zh-CN 斯里兰卡鹊鸲

External Identifiers

iNaturalist#1584560
eBirdwhrsha5
Macaulay Librarywhrsha5
observation.org#259957