This species’ often confiding nature, distinctive plumage, pleasing song, and acceptance of human-dominated habitats make it one of the most beloved of North American birds. Polytypic.

The Seychelles magpie robin (Copsychus sechellarum), a black-feathered bird about the size of a European blackbird, dwindled to fewer than 20 individuals on a single island in the Seychelles ...