Murai Batu Bird, Stone Magpie Bird Sound, See Stone Magpie.

Kyle_P
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10 min readDec 7, 2020

Murai Batu Bird, Stone Magpie Bird Sound, See Stone Magpie.

This type of stone magpie is popular in Indonesia and the division of stone magpie types is based on the dossier from “The Clement of the Birds of the World 2011” file. To make it easier for readers, hobinatang has completed the pictures and explanations for each point. Don’t miss a thing.

1. Types of Murai Batu Medan
Magpie batu medan ranks first on our summary list. Because the Medan stone magpie has a very melodious and varied voice, it often enters contests along with the tombstone magpie. So don’t be surprised if this guy is the prima donna for breeders or hobbyists in Indonesia.
In the past, methyl bromide birds were still found in several areas of northern Sumatra such as Bahorok (the black-billed magpie species is one of the most popular in Medan). Bukit Lawang and at the foot of Mount Leuser. But did you know that currently, the existence of the original Medan’s stone magpie has declined significantly, so herders are struggling to find the original Medan’s stone magpie in the area.
Even so, you can still easily find the stone magpie of Medan from the results of crossing with the stone magpie that always descends from the stone magpie of Medan, such as the Malaysian stone magpie, Pasaman Batu’s magpie, Aceh and Padang.
You can see the characteristics of Medan’s stone magpie below:
Large body. Even bigger than other stone magpies.
The color of the fur is jet black and shiny. However, if exposed to the sun, the color looks a bit bluish.
There are 4 pairs of white feathers with a black band which is split horizontally on the tail.
The legs of Medan’s stone magpie are usually black and some are blackish-red
Body length is about 27–30 cm
The only thing is that Medan’s stone magpie, when singing, has its tail straightened to touch his head.
For the price of the stone magpie from Medan itself is very varied, depending on the quality and experience of participating in the competition. MB who is still a puppy, usually sold nearly 2 million more.

2. Murai Batu Nias
It is called the magpie, because it comes from the island of Nias. Administratively, the island of Nias is still part of the province of North Sumatra. However, nowadays the magpie is also difficult to find in its habitat, due to an unsanitary environment, which makes it even more rare and almost extinct. Even if bird lovers really want to keep this kind of magpie.
The inherent characteristic of this pie nias is that it can sound quite loud even though its body size is small. The headstone magpie has a tail that is up to 8 inches long and there is only one color, black.
Another advantage of the magpie is that it can quickly mimic the sounds of other birds, and taking care of it is also easy. MB Nias is not an easily depressed or stressed type of bird, in fact he is very adaptable so that he is faster to train and reproduce.

3. Types of Murai Batu LampungLampung’s
Previously,stone magpie was often underestimated by fans of chirping mania, but ever since Kitaro (Dede’s stone magpie) won the highest podium in the contest d President Joko Widodo’s Cup birds and was offered 600 million rupees, now Lampung’s stone magpie increased her prestige, so she fears. the attention of many people and more and more chased by the mania of twittering.
The body size of Batu Lampung’s magpie is almost the same and is similar to the size of Nias stone magpie but smaller than Medan’s stone magpie. The length of the tail is about 12–18cm. Its hair on the chest is brownish orange and a little dark. He is mentally strong, agile. Currently, Lampung Batu’s magpie costs around IDR 500,000 to IDR 1,000,000. However, it can increase further if the popularity of Magpie Batu Lampung continues to increase.

4. The Aceh Stone Murai Bird The Aceh stone
magpie really comes from Aceh to be precise in the region / small islands of Simeulue, Lasia, Breuh (especially in Lampuyang) Lhoong, Keude Bieng and Sabang. The most famous in the Aceh region are the Sabang magpie and the lampyang magpie (will be discussed in a special point). In general, the Aceh stone magpie has body characteristics that are neither too large nor too average. The tail length is almost the same as the tail length of Medan’s Magpie, which is around 19–30cm.
Even though it’s small, it turns out that the Aceh stone magpie has some advantages in terms of its sound that rolls like a gunshot, sometimes cutting and varying. For him to become a mainstay of the tweet mania. which clearly has pretty good fighting power can compete with other types of stone magpies. The price of aceh stone magpie is not much different from Medan stone magpie depending on the quality and condition, bro.

5. Murai Batu Sabang and Lempuyang (Aceh)
Murai Sabang and Lempuyang are the 2 most popular types of magpies with aceh ID cards, both of which live on small islands around Aceh (Sabang and Breueh islands, see map below). The people there call it magpie sabang and magpie lempuyang. Both have long tails between 20 and 28 cm and are black (black tail). The difference is that Sabang’s magpie leaves tend to be soft compared to Lempuyang’s magpie leaves which tend to be straight. On the basis of the tail there are also types of logs, sabang and lempuyang)

6. Murai Batu Kalimantan / Borneo
Borneo is another name for the island of Borneo, on this island there are three types of magpies rocks. Namely the banjar stone magpie, Palangka stone magpie and crown stone magpie. However, people often call these three types of magpie batu borneo or Kalimantan.
The characteristics of the quality Borneo stone magpie are as follows:
The chest hair of the Kalimantan stone magpie is light brown. But some are a bit dark. The brighter the brown color, the stronger the mental strength of the Kalimantan stone magpie.
The sound of the chirping clicked and came out continuously.
The tail is not too long, only 10–13 cm.
His eyes were sharp.
The shape of the head of the Kalimantan magpie is not round, that is, flat or somewhat square.
The legs are dark brown or reddish brown.
Do not choose a Kalimantan stone magpie with yellowish legs as they are generally not mentally good.
Choose a Kalimantan stone magpie that always opens its beak (a sign that it has a loud voice).
The handle is strong and big.
The Borneo magpie price, based on what we saw in the chirp mania group, sells for around Rs 1,400,000 or less.

7. Murai Banjar (Borneo)
As we mentioned above, Banjar magpie is one of the three types of stone magpie native to Kalimantan, which spreads in East and South Kalimantan. The banjar type is the most popular. Even the community is seen to have a strong fighting mentality. Its food is the same as that of other magpies, namely insects, worms, caterpillars and caterpillars.
The body size of the banjar magpie is small, medium and large. The tail length is about 10–15cm, with a light brown chest, dark black legs but sometimes blackish brown.

8. Murai Palangka Borneo
Unlike the banjar, the magpie palangka spreads in West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan. Has a characteristic long tail of about 15–18 cm, but physically it is almost the same as the Lampung’s magpie. On the chest brown to dark brown, legs black, sometimes reddish brown and yellowish white.
The fighting style is the same as that of the other Borneo magpie, which develops chest hair when fighting, but only in the abdomen to the edge of the chest. If the Banjar magpie develops all the reddish-brown chest hair up to the neckline, making it like a tennis ball.

9. Crown Murai Batu of Borneo
If the crown has a white color on his head, that is why it is called the “crown”. Distributed around North Kalimantan to Malaysia. From his fighting style and physique he looks like a banjar, it’s just that the crown magpie has a white tint on his head.

10. Types of Murai Batu Jambi
The existence of this stone magpie from Jambi province is not as popular as the Sumatran magpie we discussed above (Magpie Medan, Aceh, Nias and Lampung). Even so, the Javanese magpie is quite charming and can sing melodiously if properly trained. More or less its abilities are like the Malaysian stone magpie or the brothel stone magpie. (will be discussed in the next point)
Murai Jambi himself is divided into two groups, namely one group living in the lowlands (swamps) and the other group living in the highlands. In general, the Magpie jambi that lives in the lowlands has a smaller body and a short tail, while the Magpie jambi that lives in the highlands has a long tail and curves upwards.
The difference between jambi and medan magpies is the length of the tail and black color, the tail of the medan magpie is longer than the jambi which is only 10–16cm, then the black color of the jambi pie does no bluish effect when exposed to light. For the price I can’t say it exactly, but it’s more or less the same as other Medan magpies. 1.5 million IDR (can be more or less)

11. Types of Murai Batu Jawa or Larwo
This Javanese magpie or commonly known as Larwo actually has a unique name meaning. Larwo which means Lare Dowo (long hair). Even though the Javanese stone magpie is not as famous as the Medan stone magpie, it also has a unique feature, which is when the song of the hair on the top of the head will stand upright like a crest, although usually the one that is standing is the chest hair.
The characteristics of the original Javanese magpie are its posture or small size, it has black fur on its belly, makes a good sound like other stone magpies and has a long tail hair of about 8–10cm .

12. Murai Batu Irian / Papua / Tangkar Centrong?
Maybe there is someone who understands better, is this magpie iris or commonly known as papua magpie and tangkar centrong including stone magpie type? Because if you look closely at the Iris magpie, it is a little different from other stone magpies, but why are there so many sites that include Irian’s magpie including type MB?
The classification of Irian’s magpie has the scientific name Crypsirina temia or latinya Racket tailed treepie, this type belongs to the family of Corvidae of the genus Crypsirina. Its hallmark is the eyes which appear to be wearing dark glasses, then the body is about 35cm long, black fur with dark green tips and a bit oily for a shiny appearance.

13. Types of Thai stone magpieThai stone
Next is themagpie or so called muari batu Langkawi which is currently cultivated on the border of Malaysia and Thailand. The bird of the Thai magpie is in high demand by the public to be included in the competition. Based on the mentality of the stone magpie from Thailand, he is known to be strong and aggressive.
Its hallmark is small in size but has a long tail up to 38 cm. Although long, the tail feathers are not thick or only a few strands of hair.

14. Types of pie Batu Bordan
The pie de bordel is similar to the pie de pierre de terre. Because it was the result of a cross between male Medan stone magpies and Borneo stone magpies. So it’s no surprise that the brothel magpie is similar to the land stone magpie. In addition, the resemblance begins with the pattern of the tail pattern and the posture of the body.
The result of this marriage gives the brothel magpie a unique advantage that she likes to play his cock when she fights. He also has good mental voice, great voice, can have good and varied voice, and cool fighting style.

15. Murai Batu Malaysia
Some areas of Malaysia have very good stone magpies, including Pahang, Selangor, Kelantan and New Negeri. However, the best known are those from nine countries.
This Malay Magpie from nine countries has a strong mentality, is tough and is known to be aggressive. However, from a physical point of view, almost all Malaysian magpies from anywhere have the same tail feathers, which is around 8 inches. In addition, all Malay stone magpies are also sought after to be included in contests or competitions, as their beautiful voice and fighting style is no less good than Bordan’s stone magpie fighting style.

16. Types of Murai Batu Lahat
The best-selling stone magpie on the market and the easiest to find is the lahat’s magpie. While it is the most famous in Indonesia. Murai batu lahat is approximately 18–23cm long, his body posture is very similar to that of a tomb magpie. The benefits are also the same as some other stone magpies, namely that they have a pleasant and varied voice and have a strong, tough mentality.

17. Philippine Magpie
Even though it comes from overseas, the Philippine Magpie is not suitable if entered in a contest or contest. Because the voice is not good but the style is very good. So the reason some people hold the Philippine Magpie is because of its cool styling, so it is only used as an ornamental bird.
These are the names of the most famous stone magpies in Indonesia, although in reality there are still names of stone magpies depending on the region of each island, such as in Medan there are Bahorok stone magpies , etc. Now we are going to mention the scientific division of magpie which was cited by a university in the United States.

18. Scientific Division of Murai Batu
Types Below types of magpies are not only found in Indonesia and neighboring countries, but also all over the world. So when you think about it, in this article there are over 20 types, not just 18. Okay?

Copsychus malabaricus malabaricus, native to the Indian peninsula.
Copsychus malabaricus leggei, its natural habitat in Sri Lanka
Copsychus malabaricus indicus, has spread across the region from Nepal to Assam and northeast India.
Copsychus malabaricus interpositus, spreads in southwest China to Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and the Mergui Islands.
Copsychus malabaricus minor, native to Hainan (southern China).
Copsychus malabaricus mallopercnus, is found on Malay Peninsula, Riau Islands and Lingga Islands.
Copsychus malabaricus tricolor, its spread is in Sumatra, Java, Bangka, Belitung and the island of Karimata.
Copsychus malabaricus mirabilis, widespread on the island of Prinsen (Sunda Strait)
Copsychus malabaricus recovering, its spread on the islands of northwest Sumatra
Copsychus malabaricus opisthopelus, scattered on the islands of southwest Sumatra
Copsychus malabaricus javanus, spreads in the region of Central Java
Copsychus malabaricus omissus, its spread is in East Java
Copsychus malabaricus ochroptilus, widespread on Anambas island (South China Sea)
Copsychus malabaricus abbotti, scattered on the Bangka islands and Belitung
Copsychus malabaricus eumesus, this stone magpie is found in the Natuna Islands.
Copsychus malabaricus suavis, comes from Kalimantan except northern Kalimantan
Copsychus malabaricus nigricauda, ​​?? scattered in the Kangean and Matasiri islands (Java Sea).
Copsychus malabaricus stricklandii, Murai Batu from the lowlands of northern Kalimantan, Labuan, Balembangan and Pulai Banggi.
Copsychus malabaricus barbouri, the habitat is on the island of Maratua (in North Kalimantan).

This is a comprehensive review of the types of stone magpies in the world, including Indonesia. Can be useful.

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