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ForestCup nestSmall · 40 g
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The Emei Shan liocichla is an olive-grey coloured bird with red wing patches. The plumage on the face is grey with a slight red ring on each side of the face. Voice: Individual males have very distinct songs, and can be identified by their vocalizations. They whistle loudly and in complex patterns during breeding seasons to maintain their territories. Females do not vocalize.
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When to see the Emei Shan Liocichla
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Emei Shan Liocichla
The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 3 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany.
About the Emei Shan Liocichla
The Emei Shan liocichla, also known as the Omei Shan or grey-faced liocichla, is a passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is closely related to the Bugun liocichla, a species only described in 2006, and which it closely resembles.
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Easily confused with
Bugun LiocichlaLiocichla bugunorumThe Bugun liocichla is a small babbler (20 cm (7.9 in)) with olive-grey plumage and a black cap.
Scarlet-faced LiocichlaLiocichla ripponiThe scarlet-faced liocichla is a bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
Red-faced LiocichlaLiocichla phoeniceaThe red-faced liocichla is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
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