Description
Described on ebird as "A medium-sized, long-tailed bird... Black on the upperparts and tail, with a white belly and pale pink legs. Male has a black throat and chest. Female has a rufous patch on the rump and lower back, and a white throat with a black breast band. Somewhat similar to Philippine magpie-robin, but has a long white eyebrow and no white wing patch. Heard more often than seen. Gives a very varied song, with loud melodic whistles, warbling trills, and repeated loud “chew chew chew!” notes."Habitat
Its natural habitat is moist tropical primary and secondary forest up to 1,000 meters above sea level.References
Visayan shama Endemic birds of the Philippines Fauna of the Visayas Visayan shama Taxa named by Frank Swift Bourns Taxa named by Dean Conant Worcester {{Muscicapidae-stub