Magpie-robin

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/magpie-robin

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Copsychus
2. What is the habitat?Diverse environments including gardens, forests, and woodlands across Africa and Asia
3. What does a magpie-robin look like?Magpie-robins have a striking black and white coat that makes them easy to spot in gardens and forests.
4. Where can magpie-robins be found?They live in many places, from gardens and parks to forests and woodlands across Africa and Asia.

Taxonomy: The science of classifying and naming organisms based on shared characteristics and evolutionary relationships.
Insectivorous: An organism whose diet consists mainly or exclusively of insects.
Muscicapidae: The family of Old World flycatchers, a group of passerine birds to which magpie-robins are now assigned.
Type Species: A species that serves as the definitive example for a genus or subgenus.