Visayan Shama

When to see the Visayan Shama

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Visayan Shama

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Visayan Shama

The Visayan shama is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Ticao, Masbate, Negros, and Panay in the Philippines. It formerly considered a subspecies of the white-browed 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. Maratua ShamaCopsychus barbouriThe male Maratua shama has a white crown, black upperparts, bright chestnut underparts, a white rump and a completely black tail. 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.