#white-whiskered laughingthrush

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Photo : 站在武嶺往西南可眺台14甲線橫亙合歡山腹 by Chu Lan

Wuling 武嶺，舊名/日語：佐久間峠 Sakuma tōge or 南嶺，為台灣中央山脈北段高峰合歡東峰、合歡主峰間嶺線的鞍部，海拔3,275公尺，是台灣公路最高點，位於台14甲線31.5公里處，在太魯閣國家公園西境，為合歡山森林遊樂區一處景點，行政區劃屬南投縣仁愛鄉大同村。

在武嶺建有一座觀景台，供遊客眺望遠近風景。由於地處偏僻，少有光害，也是夜間觀星的良好地點。

formerly known as Sakuma Pass (佐久間峠, Sakuma-tōge), It's a mountain pass located in Ren'ai, Nantou, Taiwan, transversing the Central Mountain Range near the peak of Hehuanshan within Taroko National Park. It is the highest paved road in elevation in Taiwan.

Many races are held to ride to Wuling, most notably the Taiwan KOM Challenge, a non-UCI sanctioned race beginning in Qixingtan Beach and takes the eastern route. The 107 km race is regarded as an intense climb within the cycling community, with Grand Tour winner Vincenzo Nibali commenting: "I've never ridden such a long and hard climb before in my entire life." Wuling is also a popular stargazing and bird-watching location. Common birds include the Taiwan rosefinch, white-whiskered laughingthrush, and collared bush robin.

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2023 Taiwan KOM Challenge Race Teaser video 臺灣自行車登山王挑戰

當我沒有目的地，當我並沒有要抵達任何特定的地方，而只為了與山同行而出發時，山就完全地展現了他自己，就像一個人拜訪一位朋友，除了與他在一起之外，沒有其他任何意圖。

The mountain gives itself most completely when I have no destination, when I reach nowhere in particular, but have gone out merely to be with the mountain as one visits a friend with no intention but to be with him.

— Nan Shepherd, The Living Mountain. 💕

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June 17, 2021 - White-whiskered Laughingthrush or Taiwan Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron morrisonianum)

Found only in Taiwan, these laughingthrushes live in mountain forests. Foraging in pairs or flocks, mostly on the ground, they eat insects, berries, seeds, and flower petals. Monogamous pairs breed between March and August. Their cup-shaped nests are built from blades of grass, stems, roots, and other materials, often in shrubs or tall grass. Females lay clutches of two eggs.

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White-whiskered laughingthrush

The specie is endemic to montane forests in Taiwan, occurs at elevations above 2000m sea level.

Yushan, September 2019

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White-whiskered Laughingthrush, endemic to the mountainous areas of Taiwan (at 台灣極高點-合歡山武嶺) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0J9YwUlaGO/?igshid=1vl2zs5yxn4ko

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White-whiskered Laughingthrush (Garrulax morrisonianus) Taiwan