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Taiwan Thrush
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Taiwan Thrush
Turdus niveiceps
The Taiwan thrush (Turdus niveiceps) is a bird in the thrush family, in the genus Turdus. It is endemic to Taiwan.
From the article Taiwan thrush on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The male Taiwan thrush has black upperparts except for a white head and throat. The underparts are mainly dark orange with a blackish upper breast. The female has similar patterning but is duller, with a brown back, the head patterned brown and white and with a white supercilium, a buff throat, the upper breast streaked brown, and with duller orange underparts. Its bill, legs and feet are yellow. Males and females are similar in size, about 22 cm in length.
Range & habitat
The species is a rare resident of central Taiwan's mountain forests at altitudes of 1800–2500 m.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The Taiwan thrush forages through trees, low vegetation, and on the ground in leaf litter. Its diet includes a variety of invertebrates as well as seeds, berries and fruit.
Wikipedia: “Feeding”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 827408.