In the shaded ravines and forest edges of South and Southeast Asia, this velvet-voiced songster glides low through tangled understory with elegant restraint. It hunts insects along the forest floor and fallen logs, pausing often to lift its long tail as if keeping time with its own melody. What makes it extraordinary is its voice — rich, layered, and endlessly inventive — shaping the soundscape of the forest while helping control insect life beneath the canopy. A modest silhouette, yet a powerful storyteller of the wild.
White-rumped Shama 👇
