Taiwan Hwamei

Taiwan Hwamei

Taxobox
name = Taiwan Hwamei
status = NT
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Timaliidae
genus = " Leucodioptron "
species = "L. taewanum"
binomial = "Leucodioptron taewanum"
binomial_authority = (Swinhoe, 1859)
synonyms = "Garrulax taewanus"

The Taiwan Hwamei ("Leucodioptron taewanum", formerly "Garrulax taewanus") is a passerine bird in the Old World babbler family, Timaliidae. It is endemic to the island of Taiwan. It was formerly regarded as a subspecies of the Chinese Hwamei ("Leucodioptron canorum") but has recently been split as a separate species. It is estimated to have diverged from the Chinese Hwamei about 1.5 million years ago. [Shou-Hsien Li, Jing-Wen Li, Lian-Xian Han, Cheng-Te Yao, Haitao Shi, Fu-Min Lei, Chungwei Yen (2006) "Species delimitation in the Hwamei "Garrulax canorus", "Ibis" 148 (4): 698–706. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00571.x] The two were formerly placed in the genus "Garrulax" with the other laughingthrushes but have recently been moved to a new genus "Leucodioptron".

It is about 24 centimetres long. It is mainly grey-brown with heavy streaks on the crown, nape and back and fine streaks on much of the underparts. It lacks the white eye-markings of the Chinese Hwamei which is also more rufous in colour and less heavily streaked. The whistling song is long, melodious and varied.

It inhabits secondary woodland in the foothills and lower mountains up to 1,200 metres above sea-level. It forages alone, in pairs or in small groups, searching amongst the understorey for insects and seeds.

It has a declining population of 1-10,000 individuals and is classified as a Near Threatened species by Birdlife International. Habitat loss may affect its numbers but the main threat is hybridization with introduced populations of the Chinese Hwamei.

References

*BirdLife International (2008) " [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=32317&m=0 Species factsheet: Garrulax taewanus.] " Retrieved 22/05/08.
*MacKinnon, John & Phillipps, Karen (2000) "A Field Guide to the Birds of China", Oxford University Press, Oxford.
* [http://www.birdingintaiwan.com/hwamei.htm Birding in Taiwan - Hwamei] Retrieved 22/05/08.

External links

* [http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?action=searchresult&Bird_ID=2807 Oriental Bird
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