#1319 · 🐦 birds

Oriental Magpie-Robin

🇳🇱 Dayallijster ·Copsychus saularis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Sam Hambly · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Sam Hambly · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Albert Kang · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © carbenoid · CC BY 4.0
5. © Morten Ross · CC BY 4.0
6. © Josef Stulz · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Salaya, Phutthamonthon District, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand:© Sam Hambly · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand:© Sam Hambly · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Shivalaya Society, Pashan, Pune, Maharashtra 411021, India:© Dhruva Punde · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Pashan, Pune, Maharashtra, India:© Samay Srivastava · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The oriental magpie-robin ( Copsychus saularis ) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but now considered an Old World flycatcher. They are distinctive black and white birds with a long tail that is held upright as they forage on the ground or perch conspicuously. Occurring across most of the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia, they are common birds in urban gardens as well as forests....

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 44,054iNaturalist observations
weight 36 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
44,054 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 36 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).