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Photo by M Kwan
Wuyishan, Jian Xi, China, August 2007

Sylviparus modestus

[edit] Identification

10cm

• Olive-green above
• Short stubby bill
• Pale yellow eye ring
• Short crest
• Olive-yellow underparts
  

Sexes similar

[edit] Distribution

Asia: found in China, Tibet, Nepal, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bhutan and
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand

Photo by peterday
Bhutan, 8 April 2010

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are three subspecies:

• S. m. simlaensis:

• Western Himalayas (Kashmir to Uttar Pradesh)

• S. m. modestus:

• Nepal to north-eastern India, northern Myanmar, south-western China, Thailand and northern Laos

• S. m. klossi:

• Southern Vietnam (Da Lat Plateau)

[edit] Habitat

Alpine scrub and coniferous forest.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet consists mostly of invertebrates, but seeds are also consumed.

[edit] Breeding

It nests in natural cavities in trees, laying 4-6 eggs.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset
4. Answers.com

• List of references

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