Order Passeriformes Genus Phylloscopus Higher classification Leaf warbler | Phylum Chordata Family Phylloscopidae Scientific name Phylloscopus affinis Rank Species | |
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Similar Bird, Leaf warbler, Alpine leaf warbler, Large‑billed leaf warbler, Smoky warbler |
Tickell s leaf warbler
Tickell's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus affinis) is a leaf warbler found in Asia. The species has a yellowish underside and super-cilium. Like other leaf warblers it feeds mostly on insects by gleaning and short sallies. An active bird, it prefers the canopy and low shrubbery and can be difficult to track as it moves actively from branch to branch, acrobatically exploring the underside of leaves and twigs. The clear yellowish undersides and lack of a wing bar can be used to tell it apart from similar species. It has slim dark legs with largely pale lower mandible and grayish wing panel.

The name commemorates the British ornithologist Samuel Tickell who collected in India and Burma.





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