EXONUMI STATIC :

14.644.3731

EXONUMI # :

MYMAL.2005.24

Group Name :

National Definitive - Series V : Birds of Malaysia

Item Name :

White-Rumped Shama / Murai Batu (Copsychus malabaricus)

Item Type :

Postal Stamp

Issue Date :

14/05/2005

Printer :

Percetakan Keselamatan Nasional Sdn Bhd

Printing :

Lithography

Designer :

Huda Corporation Sdn Bhd

Watermark :

SPM (Inverted)

Perforations :

comb 13¾ x 14

Separation Type :

Normal Perforations

Gum Type :

Gum

Face Value :

50 sen

Dimension :

25 × 30 mm

Shape :

Rectangular

Orientation :

Vertical

Paper Type :

Phosphorized / Phospor Coated

Description :

White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus)

These birds are between 21.5cm and 28cm in size. The head, breast and upperparts of the males are iridescent blue-black. the underparts are dark orange-rufous. The females are similar to the males but they are more greyish and duller with a reddish brown underparts. The juveniles have pale yellow blotchy upperpart with pale yellow spots on the wing plumage, wide pale yellow blotches are also present at the tips of their wings as well as their neck and they have a dark diluted yellow breast. They can be located in broadleaved evergreen and mixed deciduous forest, secondary forest and bamboo forest at a height of 1,525 metres. They are great bathers and their plumage is usually kept in immaculate condition. They breed between the months of March and September. Their nests are near cup-shaped, inside hollowed tree trunk or on bamboo culms about 2 metres from the ground and they lay 4 or 5 blue-green eggs. Their territory includes India, Southwest & South China, Greater Sunda and Southeast Asia.