Himalayan Bluetail (Tarsiger rufilatus) [XC324769]
by Ramnarayan from Wolong-Balangshan Rd, bends below tunnel, Sichuan, China (song)
Himalayan Bluetail (Tarsiger rufilatus) [XC111107]
by Mike Nelson from Lama Monastery, nr Wolong, Sichuan, China (song)
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Orange-flanked Bush-Robin (Tarsiger cyanurus).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
pallidior (Baker, ECS, 1924) - Western Himalayas.
rufilatus (Hodgson, 1845) - North-western, central and eastern Himalayas east to central and southern China, probably also northern Myanmar. Non-breeding also Indochina.