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Kuhfluchtgrabens waterfall, Bavaria, Germany.

Phylloscopus bonelli

[edit] Identification

10.5-12cm

• Plain, rounded head
• Pale supercilium
• Plain grey-green back
• Yellow edges to some wing and tail feathers
• Yellowish rump
• Greenish wings
• Whitish underparts
• Black eye
• Small pointed bill with pale base and lower mandible
  

The sexes are identical.

[edit] Distribution

South west Europe and north Africa, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa. Vagrants have been found far north of its usual breeding range.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

Formerly considered conspecific with Eastern Bonelli's Warbler.

[edit] Habitat

Breeds in a variety of woodlands and on mountain slopes at different heights. Also found by the coast.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

The 4-6 eggs are laid in a nest on the ground.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects.

[edit] Vocalisation

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
3. sundancecamp
4. Wikipedia

• List of references

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