White-browed Bush Robin

White-browed Bush Robin
Taiwan Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus formosanus, male, Tataka Visitor Center (23.487322, 120.889863), Yushan National Park, Taiwan, elev. 2630 m (8,630 ft.), February. White-browed Bush Robin T. i. indicus, White-browed Bush Robin T. i. yunnanensis, and Taiwan Bush Robin inhabit dense undergrowth from 2000–3400 m (6,560–11,160 ft.), in winter down to 1000 m (3,280 ft.). Usually in denser undergrowth than Collared Bush Robin T. johnstoniae and has entirely rufous-orange underparts. Distinguished from Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea by more upright stance and darker legs and from Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra by longer and finer supercilium. T. i. formosanus is endemic to Taiwan, and T. i. indicus and T. i. yunnanensis range from the central Himalaya to Vietnam. (Craig Brelsford)
White-browed Bush Robin
Female Taiwan Bush Robin T. i. formosanus, Dasyueshan Forest Road 200 (24.270982, 121.024167), Taiwan, elev. 2540 m (8,330 ft.), February. Female distinguished from Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea by more upright stance and darker legs and from Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra by darker legs and smaller size. (Craig Brelsford)

THE BUSH ROBINS OF CHINA

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White-browed Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus
Rufous-breasted Bush Robin T. hyperythrus
“Gansu” Bluetail T. (cyanurus? rufilatus?) “albocoeruleus”
Himalayan Bluetail T. rufilatus
Red-flanked Bluetail T. cyanurus
Golden Bush Robin T. chrysaeus

See also this Taiwan endemic:

Collared Bush Robin Tarsiger johnstoniae

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