Lory Loft - Seychelles Magpie-robin (Copsychus sechellarum)

A better photo of this rare beauty.

What makes you say this is Copsychus sechellarum..?

@Cephie it lacks the white underside of the other Magpie-robin species.

@Zooish, sadly zoochat lacks a laughing smiley...

Do you have a knowledge of Copsychus saularis? To educate you, a number of subspecies of saularis lack the white belly... I can show you a painting of the subspecies of saularis so you identify the subspecies...

@Cephie happy to be educated and proven wrong. i've never claimed to be an expert unlike some who post here

Copsychus saularis subspecies by Cephie posted 21 Sep 2022 at 6:56 AM

By the colour of the outer tail feathers one can identify the subspecies, and as you see almost half of the subspecies are dark-bellied, hence the wrongfull ID of Copsychus sechellarum above, as it does not make sense for Jurong to import this species

@Cephie I'll let Jurong's curators know. They list the bird as C.sechellarum in ZIMS.