Red-flanked bluetail or, orange-flanked bush robin Polytypic includes rufilatus, although split suggested The table below details the treatments adopted by some major works, by publication date (newest first): Publication The species has also been known by a variety of English and scientific names in the ornithological literature. rufilatus split off as a distinct species, Himalayan bluetail T. rufilatus breeding in the Himalaya, it is now increasingly being treated as monotypic, with T. cyanurus breeding in northern Asia and T. In the past generally treated as comprising two subspecies, T. The specific cyanurus is also derived from Greek, the roots being kuanos, "dark-blue", and oura, "tail". The genus name Tarsiger is from Ancient Greek tarsos, "flat of the foot" and Latin gerere, "to carry". The nest is built on or near the ground, with 3–5 eggs which are incubated by the female. The male sings its melancholy trill from treetops. In behaviour, it is similar to a common redstart, frequently flicking its tail in the same manner, and regularly flying from a perch to catch insects in the air or on the ground. The adult male additionally has dark blue upperparts, while females and immature males are plain brown above apart from the blue rump and tail, and have a dusky breast. As the name implies, both sexes have a blue tail and rump, and orange-red flanks they also have a white throat and greyish-white underparts, and a small, thin black bill and slender black legs. DescriptionĪt 13–14 cm long and 10–18 g weight, the red-flanked bluetail is similar in size and weight to the common redstart and slightly smaller (particularly with a slimmer build) than the European robin. There have also been a few records in westernmost North America, mostly in western Alaska, but one on San Clemente Island off the southern California coast. The breeding range is slowly expanding westwards through Finland (where up to 500 pairs now breed), and it is a rare but increasing vagrant to western Europe, mainly to Great Britain. It winters mainly in southeastern Asia, in the Indian Subcontinent, the Himalayas, Taiwan, and northern Indochina. It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in mixed coniferous forest with undergrowth in northern Asia and northeastern Europe, from Finland east across Siberia to Kamchatka and south to Japan. It, and related species, are often called chats.
The red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus), also known as the orange-flanked bush-robin, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.
Doi Inthanon & Doi Suthep - 2-days tour.Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. Orange-flanked Bush-robin ( Tarsiger cyanurus). ^ "Orange-flanked Bush-robin (Tarsiger cyanurus)".^ BirdLife species factsheet for Tarsiger rufilatus.^ Grimmett, Richard Inskipp, Tim (2003).The Himalayan bluetail is a short-distance altitudinal migrant species, breeding in the Himalaya in bush layer (dwarf rhododendron in wetter areas, deciduous bushes in drier) of conifer and mixed conifer-oak forest, main species fir ( Abies) but sometimes in areas with Picea smithiana or Pinus wallichiana/ Cupressus torulosa forest at 3000–4400 m, not penetrating beyond tree-line and in winters found at 1,500–2,500 m typically in broadleaf evergreen forest, dense dark undergrowth and thickets, clearings, treefall gaps with vine tangles, open woodland commonly seen along tracks favours ridges and mountain tops. It is closely related to the red-flanked bluetail and was generally treated as a subspecies of it in the past, but as well as differing in its migratory behaviour (the red-flanked bluetail is a long-distance migrant), it also differs in the more intense blue colour of the adult males and the greyer colour of the females and juveniles. While currently under review, this taxon is not current recognized as a species by BirdLife international. The Himalayan bluetail ( Tarsiger rufilatus), also called the Himalayan red-flanked bush-robin or orange-flanked bush-robin, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher of Muscicapidae.
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