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Subspecies semitorques''
Photo by scottishdude
middle of China, June 2008

Spizixos semitorques

[edit] Identification

23cm

• Greenish-yellow body
• Dark slaty head
• White streaked cheeks
• Ivory bill
• White half collar
• Small crest
• Brown iris
• Pinkish feet

[edit] Distribution

Asia: found in China and Taiwan
Southeast Asia: Indochina and Vietnam

Subspecies cinereicapillus
Photo by Nolan.Hwang
Yunlin, Taiwan, March 2010

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]

• S. s. semitorques:

• Mountains of southern China to northern Vietnam (north-western Tonkin)

• S. s. cinereicapillus:

• Taiwan

[edit] Habitat

Immature
Photo by china guy
North-east Sichuan, China May 2009

Secondary growth and scrubland with large shrubs, 2000-2500m.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Avibase
3. Birding in Taiwan

• List of references

[edit] External Links