White-browed Bush-robin Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Tarsiger rufilatus
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The White-browed Bush Robin is a small terrestrial forest bird with a long white supercilium (length 15 cm, weight 15 g, wing 8 cm, bill 1.4 cm, tarsus 2.8 cm, tail 7 cm approximately). The male and the female look quite different. The male looks slaty-blue from above and rufous orange from below. Its white supercilium is curved and extends behind the ear-coverts. The female looks dark olive-brown from above and dull orange-buff from below. Its supercilium and central belly are paler. It feeds chiefly on insects and grubs. It breeds in April-June.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Saxicola jerdoni
(Grey Bushchat) -
Geokichla citrina
(Grey‑winged Blackbird) -
Cyornis unicolor
(Pale‑chinned Flycatcher) -
Myiomela leucura
(Rufous‑breasted Bush-robin) -
Calliope tschebaiewi
(White‑tailed Blue Robin) -
Cyornis tickelliae
(Blue‑throated Blue-flycatcher) -
Tarsiger hyperythrus
(Himalayan (Orange-flanked) Bush-robin) -
Calliope calliope
(Chinese (White‑tailed) Rubythroat) -
Culicicapa ceylonensis
(Grey‑headed Canary-flycatcher) -
Turdus unicolor
(Eyebrowed Thrush)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Pete(www.inaturalist.org/people/Pete),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Andrew Spencermore information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Pete(www.inaturalist.org/people/Pete),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Andrew Spencermore information, please contact us.