White-browed bush robin | |
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In Phulchoki, Nepal. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Tarsiger |
Species: | T. indicus
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Binomial name | |
Tarsiger indicus (
Vieillot, 1817)
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The white-browed bush robin (Tarsiger indicus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found from the Himalayas to south-central China and Taiwan. [2] Its natural habitat is Rhododendron and conifer forests. [3]
The subspecies formosanus, distributed in Taiwan, was described by Ernst Hartert in 1910. It is now proposed to be a full species, the Taiwan bush robin (T. formosanus), in a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2022. It is distinctive in genetics, songs and morphology. [4] In 2024, the IOC World Bird List formally split the Taiwan Bush Robin from the White-Browed Bush Robin [5]
White-browed bush robins display delayed plumage maturation—after becoming capable of breeding, first-year males (subadults) retain their juvenile plumage (similar to that of adult females) to avoid direct competition with older males. [6]
They perform altitudinal migration. [6]
They are insectivores. [7]
White-browed bush robin | |
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In Phulchoki, Nepal. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Tarsiger |
Species: | T. indicus
|
Binomial name | |
Tarsiger indicus (
Vieillot, 1817)
|
The white-browed bush robin (Tarsiger indicus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found from the Himalayas to south-central China and Taiwan. [2] Its natural habitat is Rhododendron and conifer forests. [3]
The subspecies formosanus, distributed in Taiwan, was described by Ernst Hartert in 1910. It is now proposed to be a full species, the Taiwan bush robin (T. formosanus), in a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2022. It is distinctive in genetics, songs and morphology. [4] In 2024, the IOC World Bird List formally split the Taiwan Bush Robin from the White-Browed Bush Robin [5]
White-browed bush robins display delayed plumage maturation—after becoming capable of breeding, first-year males (subadults) retain their juvenile plumage (similar to that of adult females) to avoid direct competition with older males. [6]
They perform altitudinal migration. [6]
They are insectivores. [7]