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Photo by alibenn
Photo taken: Beidaihe, China
Phylloscopus inornatus

Identification

9.5-10 cm. Green upperparts and off-white underparts, bold yellow stripe over each eye, prominent yellow double wing bars, black and white pattern on the tertials and long supercilia.

Distribution

Photo by jtwood
Taken at RSPB Sumburgh Head close to the Main Building

Breeds in Asia east from the Urals to China.

Taxonomy

There were formerly considered to be three subspecies, but humei and mandellii are now split as a separate species.

Habitat

Lowland and mountain woodlands.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

Breeding

They nest in a tree.

Vocalisation

<flashmp3>Phylloscopus inornatus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program

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