Id Help - Darjeeling, India - 2 (1 Viewer)

[mihir]

Request help for this bird photographed in Darjeeling in August

 

[Butty]

From the colour of the supercilium and (vague) crown-stripe, I guess that - out of the three possibilities - it's ashy-throated warbler.

 

[Vyomkesh]

Ashy-throated as suggested. North-East and East India contains many leaf warbler species;often difficult to identify! As with many others.
We in Gujarat get following leaf warblers (atleast I know of these being recorded)

• Plain Leaf Warbler
• Common Chiffchaff
• Hume's Warbler
• Greenish Warbler
• Sulphur-Bellied Warbler
• Green Warbler
• Western-Crowned Warbler

Forgive me if any are left, these are all that came to my mind. In NE and E, you get added with others like Lemon-Rumped, Buff-Barred, etc.

Edit: there is one record of Lemon-Rumped from Gujarat.

 

[andyb39]

I agree with Ashy-throated Warbler - although not as yellow underneath as they can be, there's still quite a contrast between the grey throat and the underparts, plus a clear contrast between the greyish head and nape and the brighter green mantle. Although the main wingbar looks quite orangey, Buff-barred is further ruled out by the short snub bill and short tail.

 

[Vyomkesh]

Only this one has greyish head

 

[Vyomkesh]

there is one record of Lemon-Rumped from Gujarat

 

[Butty]

The OP's bird is in the eastern Himalaya.

 

[Vyomkesh]

The OP's bird is in the eastern Himalaya.

Yes, I had shared as to how difficult these birds are as compared with here.