An endemic bird of Taiwan's highlands. Nestlings of both sexes are brown; males may turn wine-red the following year, so brown plumage alone does not identify sex.
Nestlings of both sexes are brown.
At Shei-Pa National Park, the species leaves its high-altitude breeding grounds in winter and returns the following spring. The article does not identify its wintering habitat.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.