Thrushes (Turdidae)
Golden Bush-robin (Tarsiger chrysaeus) - HBW 10, p. 755
French: Rossignol doré
German: Goldschwanz
Spanish: Ruiseñor Dorado
Taxonomy: Tarsiger chrysaeus Hodgson, 1845, Nepal.
Genus sometimes merged into Luscinia, occasionally into Erithacus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- whistleri Ticehurst, 1922 - NW Himalayas.
- chrysaeus Hodgson, 1845 - C & E Himalayas E to C China (SE Xizang, E to S Shaanxi, S to N & W Yunnan) and W & N Myanmar; non-breeding also N India and S to N Thailand.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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male on ground Locality Royal Botanical Gardens, Godavari, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (ssp chrysaea)
Martin Kennewell 29 January 2005 2 years ago 21 sec 4 -
male actively feeding on the ground, check out the length of those skinny legs Locality Royal Botanical Gardens, Godavari, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (ssp chrysaea)
Martin Kennewell 29 January 2005 2 years ago 36 sec 3.5 -
A bird briefly on a path and flying away Locality Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China (Southern) (ssp chrysaeus)
Keith Blomerley 1 November 2007 4 years ago 6 sec 1.6
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a female hiding a bush
Locality Kangding County, Sichuan, China (Northern)
Zhou Huaming 14 August 2006 2 years ago 3.8
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Male calling from the ground in the thick brush. Locality Sat Tal, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India
(ssp chrysaeus)
Sam Woods 24 November 2008 2 years ago 4
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