Grey-hooded Warbler - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by CJW
Pangot, Utteranchal, India, 24 February 2011

Phylloscopus xanthoschistos

Seicercus xanthoschistos

Identification

10–11 cm (4-4½ in); no obvious eye ring or wingbars

• Bright yellow underparts

Distribution

Hovering
Photo © by Sumit
Sikkim Himalayas, India, November 2003

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

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Seicercus.

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• P. x. albosuperciliaris

• Northern Pakistan (east from Kohat), Kashmir, and northern India east to western Nepal

• P. x. xanthoschistos:

• Western and central Nepal and south-eastern Tibet)

• P. x. jerdoni:

• Eastern Nepal to southern Xizang in China, Bhutan, and India east to Arunachal Pradesh)

• P. x. tephrodiras:

• North-eastern India (Assam, Nagaland and Manipur) to Myanmar

• P. x. flavogularis :

• North-eastern India (Abor and Mishmi hills) to northern Myanmar

Habitat

Both broadleaf and mixed montane forests to around 7000 feet.

Behaviour

Sometimes hovers like a sunbird.

Diet

Their diet consists almost entirely of insects and tiny spiders, small caterpillars. Small berries are also eaten. They forage in the mid-storey.

Vocalisation

Recording © by Alok Tewari
Sat Tal Forest, Alt. 5500 ft., Uttarakhand Himalayas, April-2017
Song given by an individual moving through the mid-storey of the forest.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2015)
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Grey-hooded Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grey-hooded_Warbler

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