How do you identify a Madagascar Magpie-Robin?

The Madagascar magpie-robin is around 18 cm (7 in) in length and weighs 21 to 24 g (0.74–0.85 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.

How big is a Madagascar Magpie-Robin?

The Madagascar Magpie-Robin is a small sized bird weighing about 23 g.

Where can you see a Madagascar Magpie-Robin?

The Madagascar Magpie-Robin occurs in 2 countries, including Madagascar and Moldova.

What birds look similar to a Madagascar Magpie-Robin?

The Madagascar Magpie-Robin is most easily confused with the Philippine Magpie-Robin, the Andaman Shama and the White-browed Shama.

Madagascar Magpie-Robin

Copsychus albospecularis

Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies · Passeriformes · Rare

The Madagascar Magpie-Robin (Copsychus albospecularis) is a rare chats, old world flycatchers, and alli found in 2 countries, weighing about 23 g. The Madagascar magpie-robin is a species of chat in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.

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Madagascar Magpie-Robin (Copsychus albospecularis), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Nigel Voaden, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Madagascar Magpie-Robin (Copsychus albospecularis), photo 2 — Photo: amantedarmanin · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Madagascar Magpie-Robin (Copsychus albospecularis), photo 3 — Photo: Justin Philbois · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Madagascar Magpie-Robin (Copsychus albospecularis), photo 4 — Photo: Justin Philbois · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Madagascar Magpie-Robin (Copsychus albospecularis), photo 5 — Photo: Matteo Bellucci · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Madagascar Magpie-Robin (Copsychus albospecularis), photo 6 — Photo: Matteo Bellucci · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Madagascar Magpie-Robin (Copsychus albospecularis), photo 7 — Photo: David Weisenbeck · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Madagascar Magpie-Robin (Copsychus albospecularis), photo 8 — Photo: David Weisenbeck · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Madagascar Magpie-Robin (Copsychus albospecularis), photo 9 — Photo: Guilherme Siniciato Terra Garbino · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Madagascar Magpie-Robin (Copsychus albospecularis), photo 10 — Photo: Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium · CC BY 2.0

About the Madagascar Magpie-Robin

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

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How to identify it

The Madagascar magpie-robin is around 18 cm (7 in) in length and weighs 21 to 24 g (0.74–0.85 oz). The plumage varies by sex; the male of the nominate subspecies has all-black plumage with a white shoulder patch and the female has a grey-brown crown, back and tail, grey-breast and throat and rufous wings and rump. The males of the other two subspecies have more white of the wings and a white abdomen; the female of C. a. pica is much paler overall.

Where it lives

Madagascar Moldova

When to see it

Best months: July, August, September, October, November, December, with peak activity in November. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Madagascar Magpie-Robin?: The Madagascar magpie-robin is around 18 cm (7 in) in length and weighs 21 to 24 g (0.74–0.85 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Madagascar Magpie-Robin?: The Madagascar Magpie-Robin is a small sized bird weighing about 23 g.
Where can you see a Madagascar Magpie-Robin?: The Madagascar Magpie-Robin occurs in 2 countries, including Madagascar and Moldova.
What birds look similar to a Madagascar Magpie-Robin?: The Madagascar Magpie-Robin is most easily confused with the Philippine Magpie-Robin, the Andaman Shama and the White-browed Shama.

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