Popular songbird: The Oriental Magpie-robin or locally known as murai kampung. — James A. Eaton/Birdtour Asia
PETALING JAYA: The Oriental Magpie-robin, commonly known as the murai kampung, has joined the list of the country’s popular songbirds headed for trouble.
A report by wildlife trade monitoring group Traffic and the Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia (Perhilitan) cautioned that the bird, Copsychus saularis, is being rampantly trapped in Malaysia and smuggled to feed international demand for the pet trade.
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