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Photo by scottishdude
Goa, India, March 2009

Phylloscopus trochiloides

[edit] Identification

• Greyish-green upperparts
• Off-white underparts

[edit] Similar Species

It has a single wing bar unlike most similar species, except Arctic Warbler, which is slightly larger and has a thicker bill.

[edit] Distribution

Europe, Africa and Asia
Eastern Europe: Scandinavia : Sweden, Finland, Denmark; Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Ukraine
Northern Africa: occurs only in Egypt
Middle East: Turkey, Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran and Georgia
Asia: Russia, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Andaman, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Korea
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Malay Peninsula

This species occurs as a spring or early autumn vagrant in western Europe and is annual in Great Britain.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]

• P. t. viridanus:

• North-eastern Europe to central Asia and Afghanistan; winters to southern India

• P. t. trochiloides:

• Himalayas to Tibet and western China; winters northern India to Indochina

• P. t. ludlowi:

• Western Himalayas (Gilgit and Kashmir to Kumaon); winters to southern India

• P. t. obscuratus:

• North-western China to Tibet; winters to Myanmar, Thailand and Indochina

Two-barred Warbler and Green Warbler are sometimes included in this species.

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

This warbler is strongly migratory.

[edit] Breeding

It breeds in lowland forests. The nest is on the ground in low shrub.

[edit] Diet

The diet consists mostly of insects.

[edit] Vocalisation

Its song is a high jerky trill.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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