Philippine magpie-robin

Philippine magpie-robin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Muscicapidae
Genus:Copsychus
Species: C. mindanensis
Binomial name
Copsychus mindanensis
(Boddaert, 1783)

The Philippine magpie-robin (Copsychus mindanensis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. It used to be considered a subspecies of the Oriental magpie-robin.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

  1. BirdLife International. 2016. Copsychus mindanensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103893527A104347211. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103893527A104347211.en. Downloaded on 24 May 2018.
  • Sheldon, F.H., D.J. Lohman, H.C. Lim, F. Zou, S.M. Goodman, D.M. Prawiradilaga, K. Winker, T.M. Brailem, and R.G. Moyle. 2009. Phylogeography of the magpie-robin species complex (Aves: Turdidae: Copsychus) reveals a Philippine species, an interesting isolating barrier and unusual dispersal patterns in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia. Journal of Biogeography 36: 1070–1083.


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