Golden bush robin

Golden bush robin
Male (♂) from Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, India
Female (♀) from Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Tarsiger
Species: T. chrysaeus
Binomial name
Tarsiger chrysaeus
Hodgson, 1845

The Golden bush robin (Tarsiger chrysaeus) is a species of songbird in the family Muscicapidae, found in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. It ranges across Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

Male at Mailes Thaatch (11,000 ft.) in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India

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