| BLACK SHAMA (Copsychus cebuensis)
Family Turdidae: Thrushes
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| Description: 20 cm. Entirely glossy black; a wattle around the
eye. Immature: brown and spotted. Bill and feet black.
Distribution and habits: Found only on Cebu where it is very scarce; endemic. Occurs in the undergrowth of the patches of secondary growth tracts along steep ravines and in bamboo groves and thickets. Secretive and little known about its behavior. From Birds of the Philippines by P. C. Gonzales and C. P. Rees, 1988, Haribon Foundation.
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