White-browed bush robin

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]

White-browed bush robin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Tarsiger
Species:
T. indicus
Binomial name
Tarsiger indicus
(Vieillot, 1817)

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]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Tarsiger indicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22709743A94221641. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22709743A94221641.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. "Chats, Old World flycatchers « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  3. Collar, Nigel (2020). "White-browed Bush-Robin (Tarsiger indicus)". In Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Christie, David; De Juana, Eduardo (eds.). Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.wbbrob1.01. S2CID 216294797.
  4. Wei, C.; Sangster, G.; Olsson, U.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Svensson, L.; Yao, C.-T.; Carey, G.J.; Leader, P.J.; Zhang, R.; Chen, G.; Song, G.; Lei, F.; Wilcove, D.S.; Alström, P.; Liu, Y. (2022). "Cryptic species in a colorful genus: Integrative taxonomy of the bush robins (Aves, Muscicapidae, Tarsiger) suggests two overlooked species". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 175: 107580. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107580. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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