Western Crowned Warbler
A species of Chiffchaffs And Allies Scientific name : Phylloscopus occipitalis Genus : Chiffchaffs And Allies
Western Crowned Warbler, A species of Chiffchaffs And Allies
Botanical name: Phylloscopus occipitalis
Genus: Chiffchaffs And Allies
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Description
Photo By Ashwin Viswanathan 
Description
The western crowned warbler (Phylloscopus occipitalis) is a leaf warbler which breeds in Central Asia. It winters in the forests of the Western Ghats. 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. 
Size
13 cm
Feeding Habits
Western Crowned Warbler primarily consumes a variety of small arthropods such as flies, bugs, beetles, lacewings, spiders, and moth larvae. It forages solitarily or in pairs, joining mixed flocks in the non-breeding season. Actively gleans and dashes aerially through different forest strata, characterized by continuous wing flicking and vocalizing while hunting.
Habitat
Western Crowned Warbler typically inhabits mixed coniferous and deciduous woodlands, characterized by the presence of spruce, blue pine, birch, and oak. These birds are also associated with river valley habitats, where willow groves prevail, and cultivated areas with poplar, ash, and wild cherry orchards. During the non-breeding season, they descend to moist evergreen forests.
Dite type
Insectivorous
Photo By Ashwin Viswanathan 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Phylloscopidae Genus
Chiffchaffs And Allies Species
Western Crowned Warbler 
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