Chinese Hwamei
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Chinese Hwamei

Garrulax canorus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Taroko National Park
1 Verified records at Taroko National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The Chinese hwamei or melodious laughingthrush (Garrulax canorus) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. The name "hwamei" comes from its Chinese name huà méi, which means "painted eyebrow", referring to the distinctive marking around the bird's eyes. The species is a popular cagebird because of its attractive song. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Taroko National Park

Rusty Laughingthrush

Rusty Laughingthrush

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Garrulax poecilorhynchus

<5% · Rare
Taiwan Hwamei
NT

Taiwan Hwamei

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Garrulax taewanus

<5% · Rare
Black-throated Laughingthrush

Black-throated Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Garrulax chinensis

<5% · Rare
Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush

Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Garrulax ruficeps

Insufficient data
White-eared Sibia
LC

White-eared Sibia

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Heterophasia auricularis

60–70% · Likely
Steere's Liocichla
LC

Steere's Liocichla

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Liocichla steerii

40–50% · Likely
White-whiskered Laughingthrush
NT

White-whiskered Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Trochalopteron morrisonianum

40–50% · Likely
Taiwan Barwing

Taiwan Barwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Actinodura morrisoniana

10–20% · With luck
Large-billed Crow
LC

Large-billed Crow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Corvus macrorhynchos

60–70% · Likely
Taiwan Yuhina
LC

Taiwan Yuhina

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Yuhina brunneiceps

60–70% · Likely
Green-backed Tit
LC Endemic

Green-backed Tit

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Parus monticolus

50–60% · Likely
Asian House Martin
LC

Asian House Martin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Delichon dasypus

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Chinese Hwamei at Taroko National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Nikko National Park 🇯🇵 Japan
10–20%
2 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
Insufficient data
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