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Dusky Warbler
Phylloscopus fuscatus
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The Dusky Warbler is a small, plain brown leaf warbler of Siberia and East Asia that breeds in boggy taiga and damp scrub. It winters in South and Southeast Asia and regularly strays to western Europe in autumn. Brown above and buffish below with a clear whitish supercilium, it is secretive in low cover and usually detected by its hard call.
Did you know?
- It can stray to western Europe despite breeding some 3,000 km away.
- It was described by Edward Blyth in 1842.
Voice
About the species
Identification
A small leaf warbler the size of a Chiffchaff; brownish above and paler below, with a clear supercilium, whitish in front of the eye and buffish behind. It lacks the green and yellow tones of Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler. It is told from them by its hard, clicking “tak” call. It often moves on the ground and in low vegetation.
Family
Sylviidae
Size
Tiny (goldcrest)
Colours
brown, white, grey
About the habitat
Dense thickets and scrub in taiga bogs, damp meadows and along rivers; on migration also reedbeds and low scrub.
Diet
Mainly small insects and other invertebrates gleaned from foliage and low vegetation; occasionally berries.
Behaviour
Skulking, it moves quickly through dense cover, often low down or on the ground, flicking its wings and tail. Its call is a hard, dry “tack” like a Lesser Whitethroat's, and its song a monotonous series of whistles. It nests low in a bush, usually laying 5–6 eggs.
Sources
Photo: Asmarifulanam, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:গাঢ়বাদামি পাতা-ফুটকি (Dusky Warbler), Phylloscopus fuscatus রাজশাহীর পদ্মা নদীর চর, রাজশাহী, বাংলাদেশ।.jpg
Sound: Jochem Verweij, XC931364, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://xeno-canto.org/931364
Text: Wikipedia (English) + FinBIF species descriptions + Wikipedia (Finnish), CC BY-SA 4.0; FinBIF: CC BY 4.0; Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusky_warbler
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