White-Rumped Shama

The white-rumped shama is an Old World flycatcher native to densely vegetated habitats in the Indian subcontinent and South-east Asia, introduced elsewhere because of its popularity as a cage-bird and songster. It weighs 28–34 g and is 23–28 cm long. The Larwo, Kangean and Sri Lanka shamas were formerly considered conspecific with it. (Wikipedia, general species account)

Males are glossy black with a chestnut belly and white feathers on the rump and outer tail; females are greyish-brown and typically shorter. Both have a black bill and pink feet. In South Asia it breeds from January to September, mainly April to June, laying four or five eggs in a tree hollow nest made mainly of roots, leaves, ferns and stems. In courtship the male pursues the female, alights above her, gives a shrill call and flicks and fans out its tail. (Wikipedia, general species account)