- Phylloscopus maculipennis
Identification
Subspecies P. m. virens
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Forest-edge, Dist. Almora, Alt. 6500 ft, Uttarakhand Himalayas India, October-2018
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Forest-edge, Dist. Almora, Alt. 6500 ft, Uttarakhand Himalayas India, October-2018
9–10 cm
- Yellow rump
- Pale yellow wing bars
- Grey ear-coverts
- Grey throat, which extends down to the breast
- Yellowish belly and undertail coverts
- Long greyish supercilium
- Pale grey crown stripe
- Dark grey sides to the crown
- White outer tail feathers
- Grey-yellow underparts
- Dark legs and bill
Distribution
Asia: found in China, Tibet, Nepal, India, eastern and western Himalayas, Bhutan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- P. m. virens:
- Northern India (Kashmir and northern Punjab to Arunachal Pradesh)
- P. m. maculipennis:
Habitat
Temperate and moist lowland forests, to at least 2565m in Thailand
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists almost entirely of insects and larva, which they glean from leaves higher up in the trees.
Vocalisation
Call:Its call is a short zit.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
- Wikipedia
- delhibird.net
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Ashy-throated Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ashy-throated_Warbler
External Links
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