Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler help, Wawushan, Sichuan (1 Viewer)

[Paul Diego]

We are calling this the nominate subspecies of Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler, Cettia acanthizoides acanthizoides

Are keen to get peer feedback and ID confirmation.

Location: Wawushan Summit
Habitat: thick bamboo understory in open tall conifer forest
Altitude: 2700 m
Date: 8 June
Voice: harsh scolding churring and responding to plastic bag


IMG_7487 by BirdExplorers, on Flickr


Untitled by BirdExplorers, on Flickr


Untitled by BirdExplorers, on Flickr


IMG_7482 Bush-Warbler by BirdExplorers, on Flickr

Appreciate any comments or confirmation on identification.

Thanks
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[china guy]

That's certainly YB Bush warbler - I've uploaded a picture of the same species, which matches your bird perfectly. We took this picture at a lower site during early spring - the bird responded nicely to song.
YB Bush Warbler is one of the easiest of our Bush Warblers to ID on song - listen to these Xeno Canto recordings for the amazing noise it generates.
http://www.xeno-canto.org/asia/browse.php?query=yellow+bellied+bush+warbler

The other Bush warbler that can confuse on the top of Wawu, is the equally common and plainly marked Aberrant Bush Warbler. But this bird has a completely different song and less scolding call. A little playback soon separates these birds.

If you were the guy with the piece of plastic paper in his hand, I think we met up on Wawu a couple of weeks back. Bush Warblers are pretty good at this location - on the top we got - Yellowish-bellied, Aberrant, Brown, Spotted and Chestnut-crowned - while we saw Brown-flanked and Russet on the mountain bellow the cable-car.

All the best
Sid

 

[Paul Diego]

Thanks for that. Yes, that was me. This bush-warbler cooperated very nicely with the plastic bag. The smaller parrotbills and bush-warblers up there really liked the plastic bag and allowed me to get very good photos with it. I will be posting several more phylloscopus, seicercus and cettia species for comment and confirmation. I am pretty sure in most cases, but always like peer feedback, especially as we try to go down to subspecies level. Any thoughts on the Blyth's Leaf-Warbler, I just posted?