
Photo: VLASOV EGOR (egorbirder) · CC BY 4.0
Larvivora sibilans
Rare visitor: recorded only occasionally in this country
Range
Breeds from southern Siberia and the Sea of Okhotsk to southern China and southeastern Asia
Size
14cm
The rufous-tailed robin is about the same size as the European robin, 14 centimetres long. It is plain greyish-brown above and grey to white below, with circular pale markings on its heavily mottled throat and breast, and has a bright rufous rump and tail. The flanks are buff, there is a whitish ring round the eye and a pronounced buffish cheek stripe, and the tip of the lower mandible is slightly upturned. The beak is brownish-black and the legs pinkish-grey. (Wikipedia, general species account)
The sexes generally look alike, though females may be marginally paler, and juveniles are tinged with ochre with dark edges to the upper plumage. Its breeding range extends from southern Siberia and the Sea of Okhotsk to southern China and southeastern Asia. It has many alternative English names, including pseudorobin, red-tailed robin, Swinhoe's robin and whistling nightingale. (Wikipedia, general species account)