Description:

A medium-sized, slim and active leaf-warbler with thin bill, prominent supercilium and wingbars. Has greyish-olive upperparts, with variable yellowish-green on mantle and back, and brownish crown, while supercilium, ear-coverts and greater-covert wing-bar buffish-white. Double wing-bar usually apparent. Bill all dark, legs blackish-brown.

Distribution:

Common summer visitor and passage migrant in the western half of Gilgit-Baltistan, except for Baltistan. Summers in pine forests, juniper shrubs, willow, bushes and broadleaf woods, between 2000-3500m. Winter at lower open dry deciduous forest.

Behavior:

Forages at all levels, and both inside canopy and outside it, taking insects mostly from foliage; frequently hovers to examine outermost foliage; also pursues insects in agile, dashing and twisting flight. Food mostly insects, and their eggs and larvae; in particular, beetles. Also spiders and molluscs.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

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

Seasonal Occurrence of Hume's 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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