White-browed Bush Robin - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by china guy
Old Erlang Road, Sichuan, China, November 2010

Tarsiger indicus

Erithacus indicus

Identification

13–15 cm (5-6 in)

• Blue-grey face and mantle
• Yellowish-olive crown
• Long white supercilium
• Black bill
• Brown legs
• Orange throat, breast and flanks
• White belly
  

Female

Subspecies formosanus
Photo © by Bananafishbones
Taiwan, March 2019

• Greyish-brown upperparts
• White eye ring and supercilium
• Orange-buff underparts
• White belly

Distribution

Asia: found in China, Tibet, Nepal, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bhutan and Taiwan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar and Vietnam

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• T. i. indicus:

• In the Himalayas (Nepal to Bhutan, south-eastern Tibet and Assam)

• T. i. yunnanensis:

• In south-western China (Yunnan); winters to northern Myanmar and northern Tonkin

• T. i. formosanus: Duller breast than mainland birds

• In the mountains of Taiwan

Habitat

Dense undergrowth of mixed broadleaf and conifers at high elevations. Observed at heights between 2300-4300m.

Behaviour

Breeding

A cup shaped nest is placed in a hollow bank. The clutch contains 3-4 white eggs which have pale pink spotting.

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of insects which are foraged on the ground.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Birding in Taiwan
3. BirdForum Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-browed Bush Robin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-browed_Bush_Robin

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