Brooks's Leaf Warbler

(Phylloscopus subviridis)

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Description:

A small to medium-sized olive-green leaf-warbler with well-defined supercilium and two wingbars. From Hume's by indistinct greenish-yellow crown-stripe, yellow supercilium, yellow wash to cheeks and throat, brighter yellowish-olive upperparts, and (poorly defined) yellowish rump. Bill has yellowish base to lower mandible.


Distribution:

Locally common summer visitor, mainly to Ghizer, Gilgit, Astore and Diamer districts. Summers in coniferous and broadleaf mixed forest of spruce, fir, deodar and oak, between 2100m and 2800m. Winters in bushes and well-wooded areas.


Behavior:

Forages alone or in pairs; in non-breeding season also in mixed-species flocks, often with other small warblers and white-eyes. Feeds almost exclusively in middle and upper canopy of trees. Food mostly small insects and larvae, such as springtails, aphids, small moths and tiny spiders.


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Range & Occurrence:

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Resident Species
Summer Breeder
Winter Visitor
Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Brooks's Leaf Warbler in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )


Seasonal Occurrence of Brooks's Leaf Warbler


Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)


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