White-rumped Shama

The white-rumped shama is a passerine of the Old World flycatcher family, native to densely vegetated habitats in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, and introduced elsewhere because of its popularity as a cage bird and songster. Typically 23–28 cm long and 28–34 g, males are glossy black with a chestnut belly and white feathers on the rump and outer tail; females are more greyish-brown and typically shorter, and both sexes have a black bill and pink feet. The Larwo, Kangean and Sri Lanka shamas were formerly considered conspecific (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is shy and somewhat crepuscular but very territorial; territories include a male and female in the breeding season. During courtship, males pursue the female, alight above her, give a shrill call, then flick and fan out their tail feathers. It lays four or five eggs in a tree hollow; both adults feed the young though only the female incubates and broods (Wikipedia, general species account).