(delhibirdpix) Western Crowned Warbler

Hi,

I was just strolling my lawn this afternoon when some rather unusual calls caught my attention. I saw that there was a pair of odd looking leaf warblers on a nearby neem tree.

I grabbed my camera and tried clicking some shots from my terrace. The low light made focusing difficult and the active nature of these warblers did not help. But I still managed some record shots that confirm the birds as Western Crowned Warblers. The following ID pointers help separate it from the similar Greenish Warbler:

1)More prominent yellowish supercilium

2)Grey crown with a prominent crown stripe

3)Completely orange lower mandible

4)No yellow tinge on underparts

5)Very different call

The Western Crowned Warbler is a scarce passage migrant through Delhi and NCR. It also happens to be a lifer for me.

Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 18 October, 2014

Udiyaman

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