Bird Sound - Oriental Magpie Robin | দোয়েল | दयाळ | മണ്ണാത്തി

Having the Binomial name as Copsychus saularis, the magpie-robin bird is a small passerine bird which was formerly categorized as a member of the thrush family Turdidae. However, it is now considered an Old World flycatcher. These birds are distinguishing black and white birds having an elongated tail that is held upright as they forage on the perch or ground clearly. Transpiring across parts of Southeast Asia and most of the Indian subcontinent, they are common birds in greenwoods and urban gardens. They are especially known for their songs and were once quite popular as cage-birds. Magpie robin birds become quiet during the non-breeding season. However, during the breeding season, male magpie robins are found indulging in cumbersome puffing out of the chest, pointing bill skyward, and strutting in front of rivals. The male robins strenuously protect their territory during the breeding season.
The Indian name of dhayal (दयाल) has resulted in various confusions. It was initially incorporated in 1737 by Eleazar Albin ("dialbird"). Having to think that it referred to a sundial and he called it Cadran. Moreover, Linnaeus, thinking it had some link with a sun-dial, called it saularis. This was however discovered by Edward Blyth as an inappropriate interpretation and that it was a Catholicisatioon of a Hindi term saulary which means a "hundred songs' '. A male bird was consigned from Madras by surgeon Edward Buckley to James Petiver with this Hindi name, who then first described the species of magpie robin bird.
Interesting Facts about Oriental Magpie Robin Bird -
The oriental magpie-robin [ Doel ] is regarded as the national bird of Bangladesh. It is acknowledged as the mystery bird or an Old World flycatcher.
These birds were once among the top three common garden birds in the 1920s.
By the late 1970s, magpie robin birds became virtually extinct in Singapore and were only seen on some offshore islands because of illegal trapping for the trading of the cage-bird
The magpie-robins or also referred to as shamas are medium-sized birds.They belong to the genera Copsychus and Trichixos.
They typically eat insects.Some magpie robins also eat berries and other fruit.These are Asian and African garden and woodland dwelling species.Magpie Robins are still quite common and are not protected by law In Malaysia. They are continued to be trapped for the caged-bird trade.
Magpie-robin (doel) black-and-white have a varied diet of fruits and animals but are especially fond of insects and worms.They forage in trees and on the ground, where they jump with their tail raised.Magpie-robin bird sips nectar.These birds favour open areas such as gardens, mangroves, and cultivated areas. They are not found in lush, deep forests.They have their own distinctive, delightful song and are known to mimic the calls of other birds. They are capable of singing melodious songs; a remorse rising whistle; and raucous raspy alarm notes.They are easily seen as they are not shy and sing from unmasked perches. At times, they may sing at night!
Males sing loudly from the top of trees or higher perches in the breeding season.Magpie robins make nests almost anywhere using thick shrubs, in the palm, hollow trees, forks of branches of small trees, and even closer to human habitation: under a patio, of a hole in the wall, an old tin can, and in reservoirs.Robin’s nests are huge, shallow, cluttered cups loosely composed of grass, dried leaves, twigs, roots or moss.The breeding season of magpie robins is from January to June.Magpie robins lay 3-5 eggs, greenish or pale blue with purple or brown spots. The female incubates, but both participate in raising the young. Magpie Robins are not migratory birds
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