Western crowned warbler

Western crowned warbler
at Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Phylloscopidae
Genus:	Phylloscopus
Species:	P. occipitalis
Binomial name
Phylloscopus occipitalis (Blyth, 1845)

Eggs of Phylloscopus occipitalis MHNT

The western crowned warbler (Phylloscopus occipitalis) is a leaf warbler which breeds in Central Asia. It winters in the forests of the Western Ghats. It prefers forests with high foliage complexity and tree density. ^[2]

The nest is built in a hole, and the typical clutch is four eggs.

The species has a distinctive crown stripe and two wing-bars. It often moves in small flocks or in mixed hunting parties.

Description

It can be identified by its large ^[3] pale beak, grayish mantle, crown stripes, and pale legs. ^[4]

Diet

The western crowned warbler is an insectivore. ^[5]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Phylloscopus occipitalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22715344A94449130. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715344A94449130.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Hariharan, Priyanka; Bangal, Priti; Sridhar, Hari; Shanker, Kartik (2022-08-30). "Habitat use by mixed-species bird flocks in tropical forests of the Western Ghats, India". Journal of Tropical Ecology. 38 (6): 393–400. doi: 10.1017/s026646742200030x . ISSN   0266-4674.
3. "24. Birding on Bleaker Island", When Birds Are Near, Cornell University Press, pp. 222–227, 2020-09-15, doi:10.1515/9781501750939-027, ISBN   978-1-5017-5093-9
4. Maclean, John (1878-01-12). "Birding-piece". Notes and Queries. s5-IX (211): 27. doi:10.1093/nq/s5-ix.211.27b. ISSN   1471-6941.
5. Khan, Rahmat Ullah (2023). "Bioecology, Diversity and Distribution of Avian Fauna in Bajaur Valley, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan". Pakistan Journal of Zoology. doi: 10.17582/journal.pjz/20221110131139 . ISSN   0030-9923.