About the Sri Lanka Bush Warbler
The Sri Lanka bush warbler, also known as Ceylon bush warbler or Palliser's warbler, is an Old World warbler which is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka, where it is the only bush warbler.
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This is a medium-large warbler at 14 cm. The adult has a plain brown back, pale grey underparts, a broad tail and short wings. There is a weak supercilium, and the throat is tinged orange. The sexes are identical, as with most warblers, but young birds lack the throat colouration. The Sri Lanka bush warbler is a skulking species which can be very difficult to see. Perhaps the best site is Horton Plains National Park. It keeps low in vegetation and, like most warblers, it is insectivorous. Males are often only detected by the loud song, which has an explosive queet.
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Where the Sri Lanka Bush Warbler lives
When to see the Sri Lanka Bush Warbler
Peak activity in January · a winter visitor species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Gray's Grasshopper WarblerHelopsaltes fasciolatusThe adult has an unstreaked olive-brown back, uniformly grey breast and buff underparts, with unmottled dull orange undertail coverts.
Brown Bush WarblerLocustella luteoventrisThe brown bush warbler is a songbird species.
Sulawesi Bush WarblerLocustella castaneaThe Sulawesi bush warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae.
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