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Long Luan Lake, Taiwan, October 2011

Garrulax taewanus

[edit] Identification

21 - 24cm. A plain medium-sized laughingtrhush:

• Upperparts are olive, greyish brown with a buff crown and nape which are streaked with dark brown
• Flight feathers are dark brown
• Tail is dark brown with olive bars and base.
• Underparts are a yellowish brown with a grey belly

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to Taiwan.
Common in most of its range but threatened by hybridisation with the Chinese Hwamei.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly included in Hwamei.
According to the reorganisation of the genus Garrulax, this species is now also placed in the genus Leucodioptron.

[edit] Habitat

Shrublands, open woodland, thickets, scrub, bamboo, reeds, tall grass and gardens. Up to 1800m.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Feeds on insects, also on fruit, seeds and sometimes maize or other grain.
Forages on the ground singly, in pairs or small groups.

[edit] Breeding

Breeding season from March to August. The nest is a large cup, made of leaves, grasses, stems, ferns, creepers, roots and tendrils. It's placed in grass, in a bush or a small tree from the ground up to 2m. Lays 2 - 5 eggs.
Resident species.

[edit] References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422

• List of references

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