Prakruti Parichay
PhylloscopidaePhylloscopus

Hume's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus humei

10–11 cmVery Small
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Breeds in Himalayas; winters in plains. Compared with Yellow-browed has greyish-olive upperparts, with variable yellowish-green on mantle and back, and browner crown, while supercilium, ear-coverts and greater-covert wing-bar bullish-white. Median-covert bar poorly defined, but double wing-bar can be apparent. Bill all dark. legs blackish-brown. Supercilium. wing-bars and underparts white when worn, upperparts much greyer. Breeds in subalpine forest; winters in forest and secondary growth

Colour

WhiteYellowGreyOlive
Average size
10.5 cm
Habitat
Breeds in subalpine forest, winters in forest and secondary growth
Behaviour
Breeds in Himalayas, winters in plains.

About this bird

Breeds in Himalayas; winters in plains. Compared with Yellow-browed has greyish-olive upperparts, with variable yellowish-green on mantle and back, and browner crown, while supercilium, ear-coverts and greater-covert wing-bar bullish-white. Median-covert bar poorly defined, but double wing-bar can be apparent. Bill all dark. legs blackish-brown. Supercilium. wing-bars and underparts white when worn, upperparts much greyer. Breeds in subalpine forest; winters in forest and secondary growth

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Hume's Leaf Warbler is bigger than A am a io Glossy SWifUet but smaller than Asian Stubtall.

This bird

Hume's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus humei

10–11 cm