White-vented shama
Copsychus niger (Sharpe, 1877)
The white-vented shama (Copsychus niger) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 28.5 g to 28.6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the white-vented shama
- Weight
- 28.6 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the white-vented shama live?
Not recorded
What is the white-vented shama?
The white-vented shama (Copsychus niger) is a species of bird in the chat and flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Palawan, Balabac and Calamian islands in the Philippines. Along with the Black shama, White-browed shama and Visayan shama are the four endemic shamas of the country.
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Is the white-vented shama endangered?
The white-vented shama is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the white-vented shama classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMuscicapidae
- genusCopsychus
- SpeciesCopsychus niger (Sharpe, 1877)
Synonyms Cittocincla nigra, Copsichus niger, Copsychus niger niger, Kittacincla nigra
Other names and names in other languages (30)
- shama de l'illa PalawanCatalan
- šáma černáCzech
- Sort ShamaDanish
- RußschamaGerman
- Mohren-DajalGerman
- MohrendajalGerman
- palavana ŝamaoEsperanto
- Shama de PalawanSpanish
- palawani harakööbikEstonian
- mustaharakkataskuFinnish
- Shama noirFrench
- palavanski živičnjakCroatian
- szerecsen sámarigóHungarian
- Murai ekor putihIndonesian
- Shama culbiancoItalian
- クロシキチョウJapanese
- palavaninė šamaLithuanian
- Burung Murai Batu ArangMalay
- Zwarte DayallijsterDutch
- palawanshamaNorwegian
- sroczek filipińskiPolish
- xama-de-palauãPortuguese
- shama-de-palawanPortuguese
- Белохвостый шамаRussian
- Чёрный шама-дроздRussian
- šáma tmaváSlovak
- Ak Etekli ŞamaTurkish
- шама чорнаUkrainian
- 白臀鹊鸲Chinese
- 巴拉旺鵲鴝Chinese
Relatives of the white-vented shama
Other species in the same genus Copsychus.
Oriental magpie-robin
Copsychus saularis
White-rumped shama
Copsychus malabaricus
Seychelles magpie-robin
Copsychus sechellarum
Madagascar magpie-robin
Copsychus albospecularis
Black shama
Copsychus cebuensis
White-browed shama
Copsychus luzoniensis
CompareWhite-vented shama vs Oriental magpie-robinWhite-vented shama vs White-rumped shamaWhite-vented shama vs Seychelles magpie-robinWhite-vented shama vs Madagascar magpie-robin
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the white-vented shama?
An adult white-vented shama weighs 28.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the white-vented shama endangered?
The white-vented shama is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the white-vented shama?
The white-vented shama (Copsychus niger) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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