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The white-crowned shama is about 21–28 cm (8.3–11.0 in) in length (including a 7 cm (2.8 in) tail in adult males) and 31–42 g (1.1–1.5 oz) in weight. Mainly blue-black upperparts contrast with orange-rufous underparts. It has a white rump and black throat. It is largely similar in appearance to the white-rumped shama subspecies C. m. suavis, which replaces it in southern and western Borneo, and hybridises with it where the ranges meet. It differs in having a white, rather than black, crown. The distinctive Maratua form C. s.
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When to see the White-crowned Shama
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Where to see the White-crowned Shama
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About the White-crowned Shama
The white-crowned shama is a medium sized passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. The Maratua shama was formerly treated as a subspecies.
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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.
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