White-browed_bush-robin
White-browed bush robin
Species of bird
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]