Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Alister Benn
Hubei, China, March 2004

Alternative name: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler

Cettia fortipes

Identification

12cm

• Brown upperparts
• Light yellow brown underparts
• White supercilium
• Paler throat and belly
• Dark brown iris
• Brown-grey bill
• Pink brown legs
  

Sexes alike

Distribution

Pakistan east to Vietnam and Taiwan.

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

This is a polytypic species which consists of four subspecies:

• C. f. pallida:

• North-eastern Himalayas (Kashmir to western Nepal)

• C. f. fortipes:

• Himalayas of eastern Nepal to Bhutan, south-eastern Tibet, north-eastern India and Myanmar

• C. f. davidiana:

• Mountains of southern China to northern Laos and northern Vietnam

• C. f. robustipes:

• Mountains of Taiwan

Habitat

Hillside scrub, dense undergrowth, bamboo thickets, forest edges, bushy ravines.

Behaviour

A skulking bird, more often heard than seen.

Diet

The diet includes insects, larvae and eggs.

Breeding

The nest is a ball or cup of dry grass, leaves, moss and feathers placed low in a bush.

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. Birding in Taiwan

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brownish-flanked_Bush_Warbler

External Links

Search for photos of Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler in the gallery