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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Muscicapidae .
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The 385 bird species attributed to the ecoregion include nine near-endemic species and two endemic species: the black-browed babbler Malacocincla perspicillata and the white-crowned shama (Copsychus stricklandii) (Table 2).
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(_Copsychus saularis_) and the pied wagtail (_Motacilla maderaspatensis_).
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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In colour they are, when fresh, of a deepish green, mottled with dark brown spots; indeed the eggs, when first taken, a good deal resemble those of _Copsychus saularis_.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870
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(Copsychus amoenus), the rosy barbet (Megalaema rosea), the Malay oriole
The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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Other endemics are the Seychelles kestrel (Falco araea VU), Seychelles blue-pigeon (Alectroenas pulcherrima), Seychelles swiftlet (Collocalia elaphra VU), Seychelles bulbul (Hypsipetes crassirostris), Seychelles magpie-robin (Copsychus sechellarum CR), Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis VU), chestnut-sided white-eye (Zosterops mayottensis), Seychelles white-eye (Zosterops modestus CR), and Seychelles fody (Foudia sechellarum VU).
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Among these were the yellow-headed weaver (Ploceus hypoxantha), the black grasshopper thrush (Copsychus amoenus), the rosy barbet (Megalaema rosea), the Malay oriole (Oriolus horsfieldi), the Java ground starling (Sturnopastor jalla), and the
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[Footnote 1: Pratincola atrata, _Kelaart_.] [Footnote 2: Kittacincla macroura, _Gm_.] [Footnote 3: Copsychus saularis, _Linn_.
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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