Collared Bush Robin

Tarsiger johnstoniae (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906)

12 cmLength10 gWeight

This small chat inhabits the understory of alpine forest, and the male has a black head, a white supercilium and a reddish-brown collar.

Busiest months: May · Most records: China

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Male head slate-black, with a white supercilium
Upper breast, upper back and scapulars reddish-brown, forming a collar
Lower breast yellowish-brown; belly grayish-white to yellowish-olive
Bill, legs and feet black

Male, female and young

Male with a black head and white supercilium; female with an indistinct supercilium and dark olive-brown upperparts. Juvenile has more pale yellowish-brown markings and spots than the female.

Voice

Calls include a “tuc” and a low “grruit”; song consists of groups of two or three high, hissing notes.

Where and when it's recorded

Collared Bush Robin has been recorded at 5 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Dasyueshan IBA – Xiaoxueshan Lodge (50K)Taiwan (China)1,723 records
Yushan NP – TatakaTaiwan (China)967 records
Nantou – Meifeng Highland Experimental Farm of NTUTaiwan (China)388 records

More places

Nantou – Xitou Nature Education AreaTaiwan (China)27 records
Dasyueshan IBA – Dasyueshan Forest-Road 23.5KTaiwan (China)26 records

Countries and regions with the most records

China

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The collared bush-robin or Johnstone's robin (Tarsiger johnstoniae) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Taiwan (China), living in montane and subalpine forests. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as a least-concern species.

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