Oriental Magpie-robin Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Turdus ruficollis
Family : Turdidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Villages
Description : The Oriental Magpie-Robin is a small passerine whose male is visibly different from the female (length 20 cm, weight 40 g, wing 10 cm, bill 2.2 cm, tarsus 2.8 cm, tail 8.5 cm). The male looks glossy blue-black from above and white from below. It has glossy black-blue throat and breast. The female looks slaty from above and grey from below. Both sexes have prominent, long white line on the blackish-brown wings and white outer rectrices on the black tail. Its irises and bill are black, mouth is pale-flesh or greyish-pink, legs and feet are slatybrown or black and the sole is pale yellow. It feeds mainly on insects: ants, grasshoppers, caterpillars, earthworms, snails, centipedes, etc. It also takes small lizards, vegetable matters, nectar and date juice. It is most active at dusk and dawn. It breeds in March-July.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Turdus obscurus
(Tibetan Blackbird) -
Turdus atrogularis
(Rufous-throated Thrush) -
Ficedula strophiata
(Sapphire Flycatcher) -
Larvivora cyane
(Bluethroat) -
Cyornis rubeculoides
(Lesser Shortwing) -
Zoothera mollissima/salimalii
(Dark‑sided Thrush) -
Monticola solitarius
(Jerdon's Bushchat) -
Cyornis tickelliae
(Blue‑throated Blue-flycatcher) -
Tarsiger indicus
(Slaty‑backed Forktail) -
Luscinia svecica
(Firethroat)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills
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Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters
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Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits
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Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas
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Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby
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Flamingo
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Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch
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Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths
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Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes
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Nightjars -
Barn-owls
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Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;photo credit: Aaron Maizlish (www.inaturalist.org/people/ Aaron Maizlish ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Frank Lambert(www.xeno-canto.org/Frank Lambert), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;photo credit: Aaron Maizlish (www.inaturalist.org/people/ Aaron Maizlish ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Frank Lambert(www.xeno-canto.org/Frank Lambert), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.