Profile
In flight
Songbirds
Taiwan Whistling-Thrush
Myophonus insularis
- epic
- 65 km/h
- Least Concern
A near-black shadow that walks the wet stones beside Taiwanese streams, sending a long thin whistle up the gorge. Closer in, the darkness flickers with tiny blue sparks.
- Population
- localized Taiwan endemic, common in suitable habitat
- Habitat
- fast-flowing forest streams, wet gorges, and ravines of Taiwan
- Diet
- insects, snails, crabs, small frogs and lizards
- Size
- 0.28 m
- Wingspan
- 0.4 m
