About the Hume's Leaf Warbler
Hume's leaf warbler or Hume's warbler is a small leaf warbler which breeds in the mountains of inner Asia. This warbler is migratory and winters mainly in India.
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ID tip
Hume's leaf warbler is one of the smallest "Old World warblers". Like most other leaf warblers, it has greenish upperparts and off-white underparts. With its long supercilium, crown stripe and yellow-margined tertial remiges, it is very similar to the yellow-browed warbler (P. inornatus). However, it has only one prominent light wing bar, just a faint vestige of the second shorter wing bar, and overall duller colours. It also has a dark lower mandible and legs. Its song is buzzing and high-pitched. The best distinction from the yellow-browed warbler is the more disyllabic call.
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What the Hume's Leaf Warbler sounds like
Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Finland, Morocco, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Latvia, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Turkmenistan, Austria.
When to see it
Peak activity in February · a winter visitor species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatusThe dusky warbler is a leaf warbler which breeds in the east Palearctic.
Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealisThe Arctic warbler is a widespread leaf warbler in birch or mixed birch forest near water throughout its breeding range in Fennoscandia and the northern Palearctic.
Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidusThe green warbler, also known as green willow warbler or green leaf warbler, is a leaf warbler found in the Caucasus Mountains in southeastern Europe.
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