Description:

Medium-sized to large leaf-warbler with a long supercilium, double wingbar and indistinct crown-stripe. Upperparts are generally duller greyish-green, and whitish underparts are strongly suffused with grey. Wing-bars are not prominent. Supercilium and crown stripe are duller and contrast less with dusky olive sides to crown.

Distribution:

Common summer visitor to all the districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, except for Baltistan and northern borders. Breeds in coniferous and mixed forest, between 1800m and 3200m. Winters in moist deciduous and evergreen broadleaved forest.

Behavior:

Forages restlessly at all levels in trees and undergrowth. Food items obtained mostly by gleaning and by making dashing aerial pursuits; continually flicks wings and tail, and calls almost continuously while in pursuit of insect prey. Food mostly small arthropods, including flies, bugs, small beetles, lacewings, spiders, also larvae, mostly of moths.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Western Crowned Leaf Warbler in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Western Crowned 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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