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Photo by James Eaton
Location:Wushe, Taiwan
Locustella alishanensis

Identification

Olive brown, rufous tinged head and upperparts, olive tail, buff supercilium, white chin and throat steaked black, white underparts, grey sides of neck, olive brown sides of breast and belly, brown iris, bill black above, pink below, pink legs.

Distribution

Taiwan.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Bradypterus.

Habitat

High altitude grassland, bamboo thickets, temperate coniferous forest edges, scrubland.

Behaviour

The diet includes insects.

The nest is placed in tall grass and 2 eggs are laid.

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