新加坡去年11月和其他国家联合倡议，把白腰鹊鸲（White-rumped Shama，鸲音：qú）列入濒危野生动植物国际贸易公约附录二。这项建议已通过，白腰鹊鸲的贸易受到监管。 白腰鹊鸲主要分布于中国及东南亚等地，属中型鸟，全身大部分为黑色或蓝黑色，有金属光泽 ...

PETALING JAYA: The international trade of South-East Asia's most popular songbird, the white-rumped shama, has led to "incredible numbers" of birds seized in markets in and around Malaysia ...

The keeping of songbirds as pets and for participation in singing competitions is a tradition in the Asian region. This has led to a decline in many species in the wild, such as the White-rumped Shama ...

White-rumped Shamas in Thailand's tropical forests are more successful when they nest near roads--the opposite of the pattern that scientists working in temperate zones have come to expect.

In the rainforests of West Kalimantan, in Indonesian Borneo, the Indigenous Dayak Iban listen to what they call “omen birds,” ...

PETALING JAYA: The number of white-rumped shama (murai batu) confiscated by the authorities before they could be smuggled into Indonesia has increased by about 185% last year. This was despite ...

Fledglings of a common bird, the white-rumped shama, in a tropical forest in Thailand were more likely to survive if they came from nests near a roadway than if they fledged deeper in the forest ...

They are the white-rumped shama, straw-headed bulbul and Javan pied starling — a critically endangered species. The move comes amid protests from songbird owners and breeders, who have raised ...

The white-rumped shama and straw-headed bulbul are just two species, both found in South East Asia, whose populations have been devastated by the songbird trade, where birds are captured for their ...

While the white-rumped shama has thrived on Pulau Ubin and in nature parks in mainland Singapore, they are highly trafficked worldwide. More than 32,000 such birds have been seized from illegal ...

The melodious trill of the White-rumped Shama is distinct in the stillness of the forest. The swishing of leaves and the calls of the other birds of the wild add to the serenity. In the shade under ...