Yellow-browed or Pallas’s leaf warbler? (Sound ID) (1 Viewer)

[gkamov]

Hey, everyone!

I’d appreciate your opinion on a warbler I saw today in Sofia, Bulgaria. I observed it from a close distance for about 6-7 minutes. It had a very prominent supercilium, two wing bars (one bigger, one smaller) and the very white belly.

I initially identified it as a Yellow-browed warbler but at some point I thought it might also be a Pallas's Leaf Warbler (no prior experience with both species) - yet I did not see a visible central crown-stripe or a yellow rump patch (the bird was moving constantly, though - active, feeding on and around a group of willow trees, hovering around.)

I couldn’t snap a photo through my binoculars, but I managed to record audio and video with the bird calling (and a blurry silhouette moving). There’s also a Robin that’s calling nearby and is recorded in the video.

Video

Audio

Any comments?

 

[CARERY]

Most of the calls are not classic calls, but in the video at 20 sec and 36 sec one can hear the typical call of a Pallas's Warbler IMO. E.g. like this:
XC389820 Pallas's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)

 

[gkamov]

Most of the calls are not classic calls, but in the video at 20 sec and 36 sec one can hear the typical call of a Pallas's Warbler IMO. E.g. like this:
XC389820 Pallas's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)

Thanks!

 

[Brian J Small]

Yep, Pallas's for me, too.

 

[andyb39]

It's been quite an autumn for Pallas's in Bulgaria. I think we've had six or so.

 

[gkamov]

Thanks for sharing!

Yep, Pallas's for me, too.

 

[gkamov]

It's been quite an autumn for Pallas's in Bulgaria. I think we've had six or so.

True, but all of them on the Black Sea coast, I think?

 

[andyb39]

True, but all of them on the Black Sea coast, I think?

Until now, yes.