Prakruti Parichay
PhylloscopidaePhylloscopus

Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Seicercus castaniceps

9.5–9.5 cmVery Small
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Himalayas and NE Indian hills. II From other Seicercuswarblers by combination of small size. chestnut crown with diffuse darlc brown lateral crown-stripes. bright lemon-yellow rump. grey sides of head with white eye-ring, grey throat and upper breast contrasting with white lower breast and belly, and bright yellow flanks. Grey on sides of head, double yellow wing-bar, prominent yellow rump and lack of white supercilium are the best features for separation from Broad-billed Warbler. igh-pitched, sibilant. and slightly undulating. Mainly oak forest.

Colour

YellowGreyWhiteChestnut
Average size
9.5 cm
Habitat
Mainly oak forest.
Behaviour
Resident., igh-pitched, sibilant. and slightly undulating.

About this bird

Resident. Himalayas and NE Indian hills. II From other Seicercuswarblers by combination of small size. chestnut crown with diffuse darlc brown lateral crown-stripes. bright lemon-yellow rump. grey sides of head with white eye-ring, grey throat and upper breast contrasting with white lower breast and belly, and bright yellow flanks. Grey on sides of head, double yellow wing-bar, prominent yellow rump and lack of white supercilium are the best features for separation from Broad-billed Warbler. igh-pitched, sibilant. and slightly undulating. Mainly oak forest.

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Chestnut-crowned Warbler is bigger than Ashy-throated Warbler but smaller than A am a io Glossy SWifUet.

This bird

Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Seicercus castaniceps

9.5–9.5 cm