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What the Grey-capped Warbler sounds like
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The grey-capped warbler is roughly 15 cm in length, and weighs 16–24 grams. It is typically chunky and thin-tailed with a distinctive grey cap, a black band around the head, and a chestnut throat with rump feathers that are long and lax. Its cheek, neck, and underparts are grey and it is tinged olive-green on the flanks and under tail-coverts. Grey-capped warblers have a chestnut vent patch and upperparts. The tail and the median and greater upper wing-coverts are olive-green. The lesser coverts and underwing-coverts are chestnut. Flight-feathers are dark brown (edged olive-green).
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When to see the Grey-capped Warbler
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Grey-capped Warbler
The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Grey-capped Warbler
The grey-capped warbler is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is monotypic in the genus Eminia. The grey-capped warbler is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It is a large, chunky, thin-tailed-warbler with a distinctive grey cap, a black band around its head, and a chestnut throat wrapping its neck. Grey-capped warblers maintain a diet of insects and other invertebrates, including caterpillars, moths, grasshoppers, and mantids.
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Easily confused with
Himalayan PriniaPrinia crinigeraIts tail is long and broad, with a cold-toned dark color.
Singing CisticolaCisticola cantansThe singing cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
Rufescent PriniaPrinia rufescensThe rufescent prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
Side by side: Grey-capped Warbler vs Himalayan Prinia
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