Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler

Subspecies davidianus
Photo by Alister Benn
Hubei, China, March 2004

Horornis fortipes

Identification

Subspecies pallidus
Photo by Zagham
Margalla Hills, Islamabad, Pakistan, February 2018

11–12·5 cm (4¼-5 in)

• Brown upperparts
• Light yellow brown underparts
• White supercilium
• Paler throat and belly
• Dark brown iris
• Brown-grey bill
• Pink brown legs
  

Sexes alike

Distribution

Asia: found from Pakistan east to Vietnam and Taiwan.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Cettia.

Subspecies

This is a polytypic species which consists of four subspecies^[1]:

• H. f. pallidus:

• North-eastern Himalayas (Kashmir to western Nepal)

• H. f. fortipes:

• Himalayas of eastern Nepal to Bhutan, south-eastern Tibet, north-eastern India and Myanmar

• H. f. davidianus:

• Mountains of southern China to northern Laos and northern Vietnam

• H. f. robustipes:

• Mountains of Taiwan

Habitat

Hillside scrub, dense undergrowth, bamboo thickets, forest edges, bushy ravines.

Behaviour

A skulking bird, more often heard than seen.

Diet

Their diet is not well recorded, but is known to include invertebrates, larvae and eggs.

Breeding

Monogamous. The nest is a ball or cup of dry grass, leaves, moss and feathers placed low in a bush.

Vocalisation

Recording by china guy
Sichuan, April 2011

Gallery

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  Subspecies davidianus
  Photo by china guy
  Sichuan, China, April 2011

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Birding in Taiwan
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Feb 2018)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brownish-flanked_Bush_Warbler

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