Western Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus occipitalis) | Photos and ID

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Western Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus occipitalis), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Afsar Nayakkan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Western Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus occipitalis), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Rajesh Balakrishnan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Western Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus occipitalis), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Afsar Nayakkan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Western Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus occipitalis), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Rajesh Balakrishnan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Western Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus occipitalis), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Aditya Rao, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Western Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus occipitalis), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Afsar Nayakkan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Western Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus occipitalis), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Afsar Nayakkan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

It can be identified by its large pale beak, grayish mantle, crown stripes, and pale legs.

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When to see the Western Crowned Warbler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Western Crowned Warbler

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 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.

India Nepal Pakistan Tajikistan

Recorded as a rare visitor in Bangladesh.

About the Western Crowned Warbler

The western crowned warbler is a leaf warbler which breeds in Central Asia. It winters in the forests of the Western Ghats. It prefers forests with high foliage complexity and tree density.

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Easily confused with

Yellow-throated Woodland WarblerPhylloscopus ruficapillaThe yellow-throated woodland warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae.

Grey-cheeked WarblerPhylloscopus poliogenysThe grey-cheeked warbler is a species of leaf warbler.

Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarziThis is a warbler similar in size to a willow warbler.

Side by side: Radde's Warbler vs Western Crowned Warbler

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