Species of Thailand
Rufous-tailed shama
Trichixos pyrropygus, René-Primevère Lesson, 1839
(In Thai: นกกางเขนดงหางแดง)
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.
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.
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Category / Seasonal Status
Wiki listed status (concerning Thai population): Rare
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Trichixos
- Species
- Trichixos pyrropygus
Common names
- Thai: นกกางเขนดงหางแดง
Synonyms
- Trichixos pyrropyga pyrropyga, BirdLife International (2000)
- Trichixos pyrropyga pyrropyga, Charles Gald Sibley & Burt Leavelle Monroe (1990)
- Trichixos pyrropyga, René-Primevère Lesson (1839)
- Copsychus pyrropygus
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN3.1)
Near Threatened (BirdLife)
Endangered (ONEP)
Photos
Range Map
- Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary