Thursday, 11 July 2013

WARBLER 3/15 - Yellow-breasted Warbler

 Yellow-breasted Warbler

I was rummaging through my Awana photos again and to review some of the blurred out shots like these one Heh! its a lifer.Apparently it is a uncommon resident of Peninsula Malaysia. Found only in montane forest above 1200m until 2300m. So Ulu Kali is the Place now besides Gunung Brincang Cameron to see this bird.

They were in a birdwave of Golden Babblers, Fulvetta and Minivets. Earlier thought they were Black-eared Shrike-babblers. Turns out they are not. Unlike other Warblers these guys came low to the roadside undergrowths but alas poor lighting shooting at 1/10s ISO 800.

 
 
It is a small bird of less than 4 inches or 9.5cm. It has similar calls of the Chestnut-crowned Warbler. Beautiful rufous face & head with a black brow and white eyering. Breeding season is in the months of Jan-July which they build their dome nest in crevices/ holes in water banks.

 


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