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Rufous-tailed Shama
Copsychus pyrropygus (Lesson, RP, 1839)
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Rufous-tailed Shama, Copsychus pyrropygus, is a passerine in the Muscicapidae family and breeds in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. It occurs in the Oriental Region, including southern Thailand and Malaysia, and is associated with moist lowland forest and swamp habitats. It was once placed in the monotypic genus Trichixos before being transferred to Copsychus after a molecular study published in 2010. It was described by Lesson in 1839.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo
