---
title: "Madagascar Magpie-Robin"
description: "Copsychus albospecularis — Vogels. The Madagascar magpie-robin (Copsychus albospecularis) is a species of chat in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/madagascar-magpie-robin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Madagascar Magpie-Robin

> Copsychus albospecularis — Vogels. The Madagascar magpie-robin (Copsychus albospecularis) is a species of chat in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.

- Scientific name: *Copsychus albospecularis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1018
- Wikidata: [Q1587748](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1587748)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13163](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13163)

## Names

- en: Madagascar Magpie-Robin
- de: Madagaskardajal
- es: Shama malgache
- fr: Shama de Madagascar
- pl: Sroczek białoskrzydły

## Countries with the most observations

MG (968)

## Summary

The Madagascar magpie-robin (Copsychus albospecularis) is a species of chat in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar_magpie-robin

## Photo

![Madagascar Magpie-Robin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/madagascar-magpie-robin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1954951

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/madagascar-magpie-robin?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).