Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler
A species of Typical Bush Warblers Scientific name : Horornis fortipes Genus : Typical Bush Warblers
Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler, A species of Typical Bush Warblers
Botanical name: Horornis fortipes
Genus: Typical Bush Warblers
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Description
Photo By Charley Hesse TROPICAL BIRDING
Description
The brown-flanked bush warbler (Horornis fortipes), also known as the brownish-flanked bush warbler, is a species of bush-warbler of the family Cettiidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. It is found in South Asia.
Size
13 cm
Feeding Habits
Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler's diet consists mainly of small invertebrates, larvae, and eggs. Exhibiting secretive behaviors, brownish-flanked Bush Warbler forages actively and solitarily, often flicking its wings while searching for food.
Habitat
The brownish-flanked Bush Warbler typically inhabits dense undergrowth, including bamboo clumps and the middle layers of temperate forests. It can also be found in grassy edges, clearings, thickets of shrubs like Berberis and Cotoneaster, and bush-covered hillsides and ravines. Additionally, brownish-flanked Bush Warbler may occupy scree slopes with vegetation, edges of agricultural areas such as tea estates, and sometimes damp regions of valley bottoms. Outside the breeding season, brownish-flanked Bush Warbler frequents bushes and reed beds along streams, primarily in foothill regions and plain edges.
Dite type
Insectivorous
Photo By Charley Hesse TROPICAL BIRDING
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Warblers Genus
Typical Bush Warblers Species
Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler