Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus, male, Shanghai Botanical Garden, December. Non-adult male Red-flanked Bluetail are common on passage and as winter visitors in Shanghai. Adult males such as this one are much less commonly noted in Shanghai. The species is found throughout the city-province, from coastal areas and suburbs to urban parks deep in the center city. (Craig Brelsford)Red-flanked Bluetail is known also as Orange-flanked Bush Robin. Female, Shanghai, December. (Craig Brelsford)
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Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus, Cow’s Ear River (51.548528, 121.880737), Hulunbeier, Inner Mongolia, China, July, by Craig Brelsford (0:03; 913 KB)
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