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Photo by okan kocyigit
Location: Denizli, Turkey
Phylloscopus orientalis

Rhadina orientalis

Identification

  • Grey-green back
  • Green rump and wings
  • White underparts
  • Small pointed bill
  • Brown legs

Distribution

Breeding in the Balkans, Turkey, Levant and the Middle East. Winters to Sudan.

Photo by lior kislev
Holand park, Eilat, Israel, March 2012

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Formerly considered conspecific with Western Bonelli's Warbler; with this and Wood Warbler, sometimes separated into the genus Rhadina.

Habitat

Maquis, wooded scree, desert areas with trees and bushes and parks.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

Breeding

Photo by CactusD
Ipsilou Monastery, Lesvos, April 2011

It is a ground nester. The clutch consists of 4-6 eggs.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Wikipedia

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