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[[Image:White-browed Bush Robincg.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|china+guy|china guy}}<br />Old Erlang Road, Sichuan, [[China]], November 2010 <!--EDITORS: this image does not appear in the Gallery-->]]
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[[Image:White-browed_Bush_Robin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Mark Bruce<br>Location: Tatachia, Yushan National Park, Taiwan
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''Erithacus indicus''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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15cm.  Blue grey face and mantle, yellow olive crown, long white supercilium, black bill,  brown legs, orange throat, breast and flanks, white belly. Female - grey brown above, white eye ring and supercilium, orange buff below, white belly.
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13–15 cm (5-6 in)
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*Blue-grey face and mantle
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*Yellowish-olive crown
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*Long white [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]]
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*Black bill
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*Brown legs
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*Orange throat, breast and flanks
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*White belly<br />
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'''Female'''
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[[Image:White browed bush Robin.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''formosanus''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Bananafishbones|Bananafishbones}}<br />[[Taiwan]], March 2019]]
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*Greyish-brown upperparts
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*White eye ring and supercilium
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*Orange-buff underparts
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*White belly
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Bhutan]], [[China]], [[India]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Taiwan]], and [[Vietnam]]. 
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[[Asia]]: found in [[China]], [[Tibet]], [[Nepal]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Bhutan]] and [[Taiwan]]<br />
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]] and [[Vietnam]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 3 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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* ''T. i. indicus'':
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:*In the Himalayas ([[Nepal]] to [[Bhutan]], south-eastern [[Tibet]] and Assam)
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* ''T. i. yunnanensis'':
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:*In south-western [[China]] (Yunnan); winters to northern [[Myanmar]] and northern Tonkin
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* ''T. i. formosanus'': Duller breast than mainland birds
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:*In the mountains of [[Taiwan]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Dense undergrowth of mixed broadleaf and conifers at high elevations.
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Dense undergrowth of mixed broadleaf and conifers at high elevations. Observed at heights between 2300-4300m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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A cup shaped nest is placed in a hollow bank; 3-4 eggs are laid.
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====Breeding====
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A cup shaped nest is placed in a hollow bank. The clutch contains 3-4 white eggs which have pale pink spotting.
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The diet includes insects.
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists mostly of insects which are foraged on the ground.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#[https://www.birdingintaiwan.com/ Birding in Taiwan]
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#BirdForum Member observations
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Tarsiger+indicus}}
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{{GSearch|Robin+indicus}}
  
  
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[[Category:Birds]] [[category:incomplete]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tarsiger]]

Latest revision as of 19:11, 25 April 2020

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:
  • T. i. yunnanensis:
  • In south-western China (Yunnan); winters to northern Myanmar and northern Tonkin
  • T. i. formosanus: Duller breast than mainland birds

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

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External Links

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