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Photo by ekhohe
Photo taken: Finland.

Phylloscopus sibilatrix

[edit] Identification

11-12.5cm. Bright yellow upper parts, throat and upper chest and white under parts.

[edit] Distribution

Northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asia.

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[edit] Habitat

Wood warblers generally prefer woodland with little understorey and a closed canopy. Typically they are found in the sessile oak woods of SW England, Wales, NW England and Scotland, often on sloping ground.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects and spiders.

The nest is built near the ground in low shrub.

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