Description:

Small warbler with fairly long, thin, pointed bill, flat forehead and crown, and rather long tail. Typically greyer and distinctly longer-billed than Booted. Has distinct supercilium behind eye, paler greyish-brown upperparts, pale sides to tail, longer-looking, square-ended tail, and shorter undertail- and uppertail-coverts.

Distribution:

Uncommon passage migrant through the central parts of Gilgit-Baltistan, absent in east and west parts. Found in sand or clay deserts and semi-deserts with scattered vegetation. Often bushes near settlements during migration, up to 2800m.

Behavior:

Takes food items from leaves and twigs while energetically searching the canopy; will visit ground to seek prey, but usually only briefly each time. Twitches tail upwards or to side, rarely downwards, when feeding and moving about. Feeds mainly on insects and spiders; caterpillars taken in summer.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

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

Seasonal Occurrence of Sykes'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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