Climate change is leading to geographic expansion of tropical birds—range expansion and niche modeling in the White-browed Crake (Pololimnas cinereus)

The WbC photographed in Motuo County is a new distribution record of this species on the Tibetan Plateau, with Motuo County in Xizang being the northernmost boundary of the current WbC range. The wettest seasonal precipitation, and the human footprint index were the main environmental factors affecting the distribution of the WbC. Under future climate change scenarios, the WbC's range is expanding rapidly, and tends to dispersal in a northwesterly direction.