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The streaked scrub warbler is a small, skulking desert warbler which cocks its tail over its back. The adults are grey brown above, finely streaked with dark brown. They have a broad pale supercilium and a thin black eyestripe. The underparts are whitish with reddish flanks and vent, the breast is finely streaked. The tail is graduated and dark brown with a white tip. Juveniles are duller. The song of the streaked scrub warbler is distinctive and is rendered as "zit-zit dweedle-doolredle-doleed"
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When to see the Streaked Scrub Warbler
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Streaked Scrub Warbler
The map shades 20 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan.
About the Streaked Scrub Warbler
The streaked scrub warbler, also known simply as the scrub warbler, is a small passerine bird in the family Cettiidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Scotocerca. It is found in northern Africa and south-western Asia. It is a bird of desert fringes, frequenting scrubby areas, ravines and gorges, and is mainly resident, although local movements can occur outside the breeding season.
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Easily confused with
Aberrant Bush WarblerHorornis flavolivaceusThe aberrant bush warbler is a species in the bush warbler family, Cettiidae.
Grey-bellied TesiaTesia cyaniventerThe grey-bellied tesia is a species of warbler in the family Cettiidae.
Black-faced WarblerAbroscopus schisticepsThe black-faced warbler is a species of bush warbler.
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