To escape unwelcome gazes, the energetic robins dart in and out of their nests at lightning speed, and to avoid disturbance they mainly choose to build them in spots covered by vegetation up to 50 centimeters tall, or in hollows in areas of fallen rock.
為避開眾多耳目，栗背林鴝充滿爆發力，進、出鳥巢均以迅雷不及掩耳的瞬間速度衝進衝出，為減少干擾，牠們多選擇覆蓋在矮於五十公分植被之下、碎石崩落形成的凹洞間築巢。