Wildlifeof China
Golden Bush Robin
Thrushes, Chats & Flycatchers
Photo: (c) Mathieu Soetens, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Tarsiger chrysaeus
Basic stats
Diet
Insects taken close to the ground
Habitat
Temperate and bamboo forest, grassland and shrubland
Range
Himalayas and surrounding highlands: Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet and Thailand
Clutch size
3–4 eggs
Size
14–15 cm
The golden bush robin is a 14–15 cm songbird of the Old World flycatcher family, first described in 1845 by the British naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson. The male has a brownish-olive back and a bright yellow-orange underside, while females are duller. (Wikipedia, general species account)
It lives around the Himalayan mountains and surrounding highlands in open areas with temperate forest, bamboo, grassland and shrubland, and hunts insects close to the ground. In Pakistan it breeds from May to June in nests of compacted moss and grass lined with hair, wool and feathers. Females lay three or four eggs with an incubation period of 14 or 15 days, and the typical lifespan is about 3.8 years. (Wikipedia, general species account)
Quick answers
- What does the Golden Bush Robin eat?
- Insects taken close to the ground
- What habitat does the Golden Bush Robin live in?
- Temperate and bamboo forest, grassland and shrubland
- Where is the Golden Bush Robin found?
- Himalayas and surrounding highlands: Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet and Thailand
- How many eggs does the Golden Bush Robin lay?
- 3–4 eggs
- How big is the Golden Bush Robin?
- 14–15 cm