Female © Vinoba Anand
Male © Sahana M
Female © Sumit Sengupta
Male © Mike Prince

Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus

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Stout, small-billed bush-robin, somewhat similar in appearance to Himalayan Bluetail and some blue flycatchers; the bush-robin is bulkier than the blue flycatchers and has more orange below than Himalayan Bluetail. Male is dark blue above with a darker face, while female is brown above with a white eye-ring; both sexes have the orange underparts. Breeds in coniferous-dominated scrubby growth above the treeline, and winters in scrubby and lightly wooded edge habitats.

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