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

Tarsiger indicus

Identification

15cm

• 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 Bruce Mark Bruce
Tatachia, Yushan National Park, Taiwan

• 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; 3-4 eggs are laid.

Diet

The diet includes insects.

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. Birding in Taiwan
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

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