male indian robin (copsychus fulicatus) on boundary wall railing : (pix sanjiv shukla)

indian robin copsychus fulicatus passerine bird family muscicapidae subcontinent male brown back black open scrub running ground perching perch shrub rock long tail held chestnut undertail covert dark body distinguishable sexually dimorphic vent plumage white shoulder patch stripe upper brownish female grayish stony dry grassy forest habitat resident non-migratory human habitation rooftop bangladesh bhutan india nepal pakistan sri lanka