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Taiwan barwing

Actinodura morrisoniana Ogilvie-Grant, 1906

Status not recordedsongbirds

The taiwan barwing (Actinodura morrisoniana) is a species in the family Leiothrichidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 24 g to 32.1 g.

Taiwan barwing (Actinodura morrisoniana)
Photo: Charles Lam · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the taiwan barwing

Weight
24 g – 32.1 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the taiwan barwing live?

Not recorded

What is the taiwan barwing?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Taiwan barwing or Formosan barwing (Actinodura morrisoniana) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Taiwan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Taiwan barwing” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taiwan_barwing&oldid=1380575283), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the taiwan barwing endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the taiwan barwing classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyLeiothrichidae
  6. genusActinodura
  7. SpeciesActinodura morrisoniana Ogilvie-Grant, 1906

Synonyms Actinodura morrisonia, Sibia morrisoniana

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • Formosan barwingEnglish
  • actinodura de TaiwanCatalan
  • timálie tchajwanskáCzech
  • adainresog FformosaWelsh
  • Taiwan SkælvingeDanish
  • FormosasibiaGerman
  • Taiwan-SibiaGerman
  • TaiwanmeisenhäherlingGerman
  • tajvana leiotrikoEsperanto
  • Sibia de FormosaSpanish
  • Actinodura de FormosaSpanish
  • taiwaninraitatimaliFinnish
  • Actinodure de TaiwanFrench
  • Actinodure de TaïwanFrench
  • smeđoglavi drozdaljCroatian
  • Alabarrata di TaiwanItalian
  • シマドリJapanese
  • taivaninė aktinoduraLithuanian
  • TaiwanstreepvleugelDutch
  • brunhodegittervingeNorwegian
  • prążkopiór wyspowyPolish
  • síbia-da-formosaPortuguese
  • asa-malhada-da-formosaPortuguese
  • Тайваньская сибияRussian
  • Тайваньский пестрокрылRussian
  • prúžkavec hôrnySlovak
  • taiwanbandvingeSwedish
  • Tayvan YazılıkanadıTurkish
  • сибія тайванськаUkrainian
  • 紋翼畫眉Chinese
  • 台湾斑翅鹛Chinese
  • 栗頭斑翅鶥Chinese
  • 紋翼畫眉〔臺灣斑翅鶥〕Chinese
  • 臺灣斑翅鶥Chinese

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Relatives of the taiwan barwing

Other species in the same genus Actinodura.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the taiwan barwing?

An adult taiwan barwing weighs 24 g – 32.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the taiwan barwing?

The taiwan barwing (Actinodura morrisoniana) belongs to the family Leiothrichidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Taiwan barwing (Actinodura morrisoniana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/taiwan-barwing

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{taiwan_barwing_2026,
  title = {Taiwan barwing (Actinodura morrisoniana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/taiwan-barwing},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}