Tarsiger chrysaeus
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The golden bush robin (Tarsiger chrysaeus) or golden bush-robin was first discovered in 1845 by Brian Houghton Hodgson, a British naturalist. This species is typically a 14–15 cm long species of songbird in the family Muscicapidae known for its golden color. The weight of a full-grown bird ranges from 12 to 15 grams. The male golden bush robins mainly have a brownish olive tone on their backs with a bright yellow-orange tone on their underside. As for female golden bush robins, they consist of the same color patterns although they are duller and not as vibrant as their male counterparts. Color patterns for a male juvenile are dark brown with buff streaks above and below the tail, while the pattern diffuses in females.
Golden bush robins are insectivorous and focus their hunts on insects closer to the ground. Their habitat is dispersed around the Himalayan mountain range and surrounding highlands of Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, and Thailand living mainly in open areas with temperate forests, bamboo forests, grassland, and shrubland. Golden bush robins, white-browed bush robins, chestnut-crowned bush warblers, and Gould... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 2 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Bush-Robin sighting in Langtang National Park on a given day, based on 73 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 68th most-seen of the 225 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April and September–October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Bush-Robin in Langtang National Park on a given day, against about 10% in May–August and November–February, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden Bush-Robin sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Golden Bush-Robin sightings, Langtang National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Namdapha National Park (India, under 5%).
Same genus: Tarsiger
The closest relatives of the Golden Bush-Robin that you can see in Langtang National Park (genus Tarsiger, Bush-Robins and Bluetails) are Himalayan Bluetail (about 20%) and White-browed Bush-Robin (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden Bush-Robin is recorded against all the birds logged in Langtang National Park (73 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
