Taiwan Whistling Thrush (Myophonus insularis) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebrates

ForestCavity nestMedium · 105 g

Taiwan Whistling Thrush (Myophonus insularis), photo 1 — Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0

Taiwan Whistling Thrush (Myophonus insularis), photo 2 — Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0

Taiwan Whistling Thrush (Myophonus insularis), photo 3 — Photo: Jay Paroline · CC BY 4.0

Taiwan Whistling Thrush (Myophonus insularis), photo 4 — Photo: Jay Paroline · CC BY 4.0

Taiwan Whistling Thrush (Myophonus insularis), photo 6 — Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0

Taiwan Whistling Thrush (Myophonus insularis), photo 7 — Photo: Jay Paroline · CC BY 4.0

Taiwan Whistling Thrush (Myophonus insularis), photo 8 — Photo: Jay Paroline · CC BY 4.0

Taiwan Whistling Thrush (Myophonus insularis), photo 9 — Photo: (c) 槲蕨Miu, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Taiwan Whistling Thrush (Myophonus insularis), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Pauline Carmel Joy Eje, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

Its length is 28 to 30 cm (11 to 12 in). The wings are 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long. It is mostly blackish-blue. Some feathers are navy blue or metallic blue. Some underwing coverts have white bases. The underparts are blackish. Its neck, breast and flanks are scaled. Its eyes are deep red, and its lores, bill and legs are black. The two sexes are alike. The juvenile is dull blackish, with a bluish tinge. The gape of the juvenile is yellowish.

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When to see the Taiwan Whistling Thrush

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Taiwan Whistling Thrush

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Taiwan

About the Taiwan Whistling Thrush

The Taiwan whistling thrush, also known as the Formosan whistling thrush, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Taiwan.

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Easily confused with

Malabar Whistling ThrushMyophonus horsfieldiiThe Malabar whistling thrush is a whistling thrush in the family Muscicapidae.

Bornean Whistling ThrushMyophonus borneensisThe Bornean whistling thrush is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

Sri Lanka Whistling ThrushMyophonus blighiThe Sri Lanka whistling thrush is a whistling thrush in the family Muscicapidae.

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