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The male Maratua shama has a white crown, black upperparts, bright chestnut underparts, a white rump and a completely black tail. The female is similar to the male but is smaller and the black feathers are duller and less glossy.
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About the Maratua Shama
The Maratua shama is a medium-sized passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that is found on the small island of Maratua, east of Borneo in Indonesia. It may now be extinct in the wild. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the white-crowned shama.
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Easily confused with
Sri Lanka ShamaCopsychus leggeiThe Sri Lanka shama has glossy blue-black upperparts, bright chestnut underparts, a white rump and white outer tail feathers.
Kangean ShamaCopsychus nigricaudaThe Kangean shama has glossy blue-black upperparts, bright chestnut underparts apart from a white vent, a white rump and an almost entirely black tail with white tips to the outer feathers.
Larwo ShamaCopsychus omissusThe Larwo shama is a medium sized passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
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