Grey-sided Bush Warbler - BirdForum Opus

Photo by James Eaton
Emei Shan, Sichuan, China, June 2004

Cettia brunnifrons

Identification

10–11 cm (4-4¼ in)

• Small bill
• Long pale supercilium

Distribution

Asia: found in China, Tibet, Nepal, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bhutan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• C. b. whistleri:

• North-western Himalayas (Kashmir to Garhwal)

• C. b. brunnifrons:

• Eastern Himalayas (Garhwal to Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and south-eastern Tibet)

• C. b. muroides:

• Southern Tibet to southern China (Sichuan and Yunnan west of Mekong River)

• C. b. umbratica:

• Northern Myanmar to extreme north-eastern India (Assam) and south-western China

Habitat

They prefer areas of thick vegetation.

Behaviour

Diet

They forage on, or near the ground, for spiders and larvae.

Vocalisation

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Recording by china guy, Sichuan, China, September 2011

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2015)
4. Google Books

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Grey-sided Bush Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Grey-sided_Bush_Warbler

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