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  In flight

Songbirds

Taiwan Fulvetta

Fulvetta formosana

• rare
• 55 km/h
• Least Concern

A tiny soft-brown ball threading the alpine bamboo of Taiwan's high peaks, never alone. Where one bobs into view, six more are already passing through the thicket.

Population

Taiwan endemic; locally common in alpine bamboo

Habitat

Taiwan endemic; high-elevation broadleaf forest, dwarf bamboo and rhododendron scrub, 2,000–3,500 m

Diet

insects, spiders, small berries

Size

0.12 m

Wingspan

0.16 m