Overview
Dusky Warbler: Small, dark warbler with gray-brown upperparts, gray-streaked underparts, distinct white eyebrow, and faint eye-ring. The tail is slightly round-tipped. Brown legs and feet. Forages on ground, in trees. Constantly flicks wings. Weak fluttering direct flight with shallow wing beats.
Range and Habitat
Dusky Warbler: Breeds in Northern Asia, specifically in the Upper Ob and Altai in Siberia to Anadyr region and Sakhalin Island, to eastern Himalayas and China. Strongly migratory and winters in Northern India, Burma and the foothills of Nepal. Preferred habitats include mountain thickets and forests, bogs and wet meadows.
Leaf Warblers (Phylloscopidae)
ORDER
The one hundred eighteen families in the taxonomic order PASSERIFORMES (pronounced pas-ser-i-FOR-meez) include a variety of small perching birds such as the kinglets as well as large birds such as the crows and jays.
FAMILY TAXONOMY
In the Phylloscopidae (pronounced fil-uh-SKOH-puhs-uh-dee) family, there are sixty-nine species that occur throughout the Old World.
NORTH AMERICA
In North America, six species of the Phylloscopidae family have occurred. One of these species, the Arctic Warbler, breeds in Alaska and is the only Leaf Warbler that breeds in the New World.
KNOWN FOR
Leaf Warblers are active and always in motion. They flick their wings constantly as they move through the trees searching for insects.
PHYSICAL
Members of the Phylloscopidae are small birds with fairly long legs, and strong feet that suit their arboreal nature. They have thin, short bills.
COLORATION
The Phylloscopidae are mostly dull colored birds that have brown to green upperparts and off-white to yellowish underparts.
GEOGRAPHIC HABITAT
The Phylloscopidae occur in forests and scrub across Eurasia, Africa, India, and Asia.
MIGRATION
Many species are long distance migrants.
HABITS
Members of the Phylloscopidae forage for invertebrates by gleaning them from the vegetation of trees and bushes. They often flick their wings as they forage.
CONSERVATION
In some areas, Leaf Warblers are listed as threatened because of destruction or loss of its habitat.
INTERESTING FACTS
Leaf Warblers were included in the Old World Warbler family until 2006.