Golden Bush Robin - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Marc Guyt
Sat Tal, India, January 2005

Tarsiger chrysaeus

Identification

14–15 cm

Distribution

Asia: found in China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Vietnam

Female
Photo by zhangyong
Zhangmu, Tibet, China, January 2008

Taxonomy

Formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, but is now considered to belong to the Old World flycatchers (Muscicapidae).

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• T. c. whistleri:

• Northern Pakistan to Kashmir and north-western India

• T. c. chrysaeus:

• Nepal to north-eastern India, northern Myanmar and western China; northern Vietnam

Habitat

Forest, woods, bush, scrub and town rubbish dumps,

Behaviour

Diet

Forages on the ground for insects and also hawks for flying insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Golden Bush Robin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Golden_Bush_Robin

1. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Golden Bush Robin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Golden_Bush_Robin

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