shama

American  

[shah-muh] / ˈʃɑ mə /

noun

1. a slender long-tailed thrush, Copsychus malabaricus, of southern Asia and introduced into Hawaii, having black plumage with a white rump and tail sides and a chestnut belly.

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Etymology

Origin of shama

1830–40; said to be < Hindi śāmā

Example Sentences

Up here you can hear the rich song of a shama thrush through the branches and get a peek of the very tip of Diamond Head.

From Washington Times • Feb. 7, 2015

It was a bird you heard—the sweet-singing shama, or a chakwa calling to his mate across a stream.

From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.

"The shama," Elizabeth said; "when I hear him I close my eyes and picture the downs and oaked hills of England, and fancy I'm listening to the nightingale or the lark."

From Caste by Fraser, William Alexander

As the harsh call, like an evening muezzin, died out, the sweet song of a shama, in tones as pure as those of a nightingale, broke the solemn hush of eventide.

From Caste by Fraser, William Alexander

If song denotes only sweet melodies such as those of the shama and the nightingale, then indeed flycatcher-warblers are not singers.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas