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Ignore the footage and listen to the bird calls in this clip. Monsoon birds in the terai region of Uttar Pradesh. Magpie Robin, Ashy Wren-Warbler, Red-whiskered Bulbul and more... A centipede crawls up a tree trunk. The magpie-robins or shamas (from shama, Hindi for C. malabaricus) are medium-sized insectivorous birds (some also eat berries and other fruit) in the genera Copsychus and Trichixos. They were formerly in the thrush family Turdidae, but are more often now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The Seychelles magpie-robin is one of the most endangered birds in the world, with a population of less than 250, although this is a notable increase from just 16 in 1970. The ashy prinia or ashy wren-warbler (Prinia socialis) is a small warbler. This prinia is a
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