Dusky Warbler - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Neil
Hong Kong, China, January 2008

Phylloscopus fuscatus

Identification

• Brown back
• Buff below
• Prominent white supercilium
• Pointed bill
  

Sexes identical
Juvenile - olive tinge to upperparts

Distribution

East Asia: found in Russia, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China and India
Southeast Asia: Indochina and Myanmar

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• P. f. fuscatus:

• Siberia to Mongolia and western China; winters to India and Indochina

• P. f. robustus:

• Northern China (south of Gobi Desert) to northern Sichuan; winters to Indochina

Habitat

Bogs, wet meadows, riverbanks, scrub, mudflats and suburbs.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects and berries.

Breeding

It nests in low vegetation and 5-6 eggs are laid.

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Birdforum member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Dusky Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 February 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Dusky_Warbler

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