Savi's Warbler vs Taiwan Bush Warbler

Savi's Warbler

Locustella luscinioides

Tiny14 gWetland

The upper-parts of Savi's warbler are a uniform dark reddish-brown, sometimes with a slight greenish tinge. It has indistinct buff eye-stripes, dark lores and pale brown ear-coverts. The brown beak is slender and the irises are also brown. The chin, throat and belly are whitish-buff and the rest of the underparts sandy brown. In the breeding season, both upper-parts and underparts are slightly paler. The legs are brown. The bird is around 14 cm (5.5 in) long. The song is a trill very similar to that of the grasshopper warbler but slightly lower pitched and less prolonged.

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Recorded by Sonothèque ADVL · Song · Marcey-les-Grèves, Manche, Normandie, France · CC0

Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0

Taiwan Bush Warbler

Locustella alishanensis

Tiny10 gGrassland

The Taiwan bush warbler is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs about 10 g (0.35 oz). The male and female are alike. The head is dull rufous-brown, the crown having narrow dark tips. The indistinct supercilium and eye-ring are pale buff. The upperparts, from the mantle to the wings and tail, are dull russet-brown. The chin and throat are white, the lower throat usually having spots. The upper breast is greyish brown, and the lower breast and belly are white. The undertail coverts are dark rufous-brown with warm-coloured tips.

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Photo: Nathan Ruser · CC BY 4.0

Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Savi's Warbler and Taiwan Bush Warbler.