WARBLER5/15 - Eastern-crowned Warbler

Eastern-crowned Warbler

The month of September 2010 seem to welcome the early migrants to Malaysia. amongst them is the uncommon Eastern Crowned Warbler. It was seen foraging in a birdwave of local birds of Mountain fulvettas, Chestnut-capped LT, Nitava and Barbets and Tailorbird at the end of Ole Pumphouse Road. Yes it is open!!
The Asian Paradise FC was also sighted but shied to the valley below as well as the Yellow-rumped FC. No visiting Thrush as yet....................

Back to this Warbler; well it looks like the more common Artic Warbler except it has a distinct pale crown stripe besides the single bar stripe to its covert of its wings. Size about the same 13cm. Very active as it forage like Tailorbird looking for grubs under leaves and branches. EC supposedly preferred the lowlands when visiting.

Next to hunt for the other visitor - the greenish Two-barred Warbler.............