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title: "Oriental Magpie-Robin"
description: "Copsychus saularis — Vogels. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/oriental-magpie-robin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Oriental Magpie-Robin

> Copsychus saularis — Vogels. 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.

- Scientific name: *Copsychus saularis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `urban` (Steden en tuinen), `zoo` (Dierentuin en huisdieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 43040
- Wikidata: [Q266761](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q266761)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204491](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204491)

## Names

- en: Oriental Magpie-Robin
- de: Dajaldrossel
- es: Shama oriental
- fr: Shama dayal
- pl: Sroczek zmienny

## Countries with the most observations

IN (8541), HK (6077), CN (5791), TH (5490), SG (4188), TW (3171), MY (2859), LK (1113), MO (748), VN (589), NP (441), BD (217)

## Summary

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. The males 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. They are particularly well known for their songs and are popular as cagebirds.
The oriental magpie-robin is considered the national bird of Bangladesh.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345261500

## Machine access

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