Oriental Magpie Robin, originally uploaded by PRAVINECHESTER.
The Oriental Magpie Robin is a distinctive black and white bird with an upright tail. Commonly found in forests and gardens, it forages on the ground for food.
This photograph was taken in the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Copsychus
Species: C. saularis
Binomial name
Copsychus saularis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
