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The Indian robin (Copsychus fulicatus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is widespread in the Indian subcontinent and ranges across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The males of the northern subspecies have brown backs whose extent gradually reduces southwards, with the males of the southern subspecies having all-black backs. They are commonly found in open scrub areas and often seen running along the ground or perching on low thorny shrubs and rocks. The long tail is usually held up and the chestnut undertail coverts and dark body make them easily distinguishable from pied bushchats and Oriental magpie-robins.
Scientific Name : Copsychus Fulicatus
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Type : Chats And Old World Flycatchers
Conservation Status : Least concern (LC)
Size : 16 cm
Compare Size : House Sparrow
Wingspan : NA
Weight : 16 - 17 g
Migratory : Resident
Sex Alike : No
Nesting Season : April - June
Other Names :
Hindi : कलचुरी
Marathi : चीरक, काळोखी
Habitat:
open stony, grassy and scrub forest habitats. mainly found in dry habitats and are mostly absent from the thicker forest regions and high rainfall areas
Breeding:
Eggs - 2 or 3, Creamy White, Sometimes tinged greenish speckled and blotched with ruddy brown.
Feeding:
insects but are known to take frogs and lizards especially when feeding young at the nest
| Male | |
|---|---|
| Upperparts | brownish in northern populations, black in southern populations |
| Crown | brownish in northern populations, black in southern populations |
| Forehead | brownish in northern populations, black in southern populations |
| Nape | brownish in northern populations, black in southern populations |
| Throat | black |
| Chin | black |
| Upperparts | black |
| Wing | has a white stipe |
| Vent | chestnut |
| Undertail Coverts | chestnut |
| Female | |
|---|---|
| Upperparts | brownish |
| Underparts | greyish |
| Vent | chestnut but paler compared to males |
| Undertail Coverts | chestnut but paler compared to males |
| Crown | brownish |
| Forehead | brownish |
| Nape | brownish |
| Chin | greyish |
| Throat | greyish |
| Juvenile | |
|---|---|
| Note : Juvenile birds are much like females, but the throat is mottled |
| Date | Location |
|---|---|
| 25 Feb 2022 | Neral - Matheran Road, Raigad, Maharashtra |
| 31 Jan 2019 | Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan |
| 01 Feb 2019 | Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan |
| 19 May 2022 | Karjat - Kashele - Khandas Road, Maharashtra |
