Tag: Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus on migration in Jiangsu, China, May. The species is one of the Big 5 leaf warblers that migrate through east-central China. On migration Eastern Crowned Warbler rarely sings, but once at Shanghai’s Century Park, shanghaibirding.com executive editor Craig Brelsford sound-recorded its song. Scroll down for sound-recordings of its song on the breeding grounds. (Craig Brelsford)

In China, Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus breeds Changbai Mountains in Liaoning and Jilin and Lesser Khingan Mountains in Heilongjiang and in a disjunct range in western Sichuan. Also breeds Russian Far East. Passes through eastern China to winter in Southeast Asia and Indonesia. HABITAT & BEHAVIOR Breeds broadleaf forests and coniferous woodland, to 2000 m (6,560 ft.). On passage and in winter in almost any type of wooded habitat, including urban parks. ID & COMPARISON Pale yellowish median crown-stripe, diffuse or non-existent on forehead, more prominent at rear; long supercilium, narrow and yellowish in front of eye, broader and whiter behind; dark olive crown sides, lores, and eye-stripe; yellowish-white cheeks and ear coverts mottled grey; greenish-olive upperparts and greenish-yellow fringes to wing and tail feathers; and a single yellowish-white wingbar on tips of greater coverts. Some show faint wingbar on median coverts. Underparts yellowish-white or greyish-white, except lemon-yellow vent and undertail coverts. Claudia’s Leaf Warbler P. claudiae smaller and brighter and has two broad wingbars, more distinct crown-stripe, blacker crown sides, and different calls. Arctic Warbler P. borealis duller, lacks median crown-stripe, has narrower and more uniformly yellowish-white supercilium behind eye, and lacks yellow vent and undertail coverts. Juvenile duller and browner, with indistinct crown-stripe. BARE PARTS Bill long, thick; upper mandible black above with orange tip; lower mandible pale orange. Feet orange-brown, sometimes grey-brown. VOICE Harsh, nasal dwee call. Loud, simple, three- to six-note song, delivered from treetops, often involving two pitches and usually ending with typical call note. — Craig Brelsford

SOUND-RECORDINGS

Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus, song, hills south of Dawucun (45.704930, 130.578132), Heilongjiang, China, elev. 400 m (1,310 ft.), June, by Craig Brelsford (0:04; 757 KB)

Eastern Crowned Warbler P. coronatus, song, Xidaquan National Forest (45.688678, 130.313736), Heilongjiang, elev. 500 m (1,650 ft.), May, by Craig Brelsford (0:39; 7 MB)

EASTERN CROWNED WARBLER ON SHANGHAIBIRDING.COM

• Eastern Crowned Warbler Singing in Shanghai

• Eastern Crowned Warbler and the Shanghai Big 5 Leaf Warblers

• Photos and Sound-recordings of Breeding Eastern Crowned Warbler in Heilongjiang, China

THE LEAF WARBLERS OF CHINA

shanghaibirding.com has research on most members of Phylloscopus in China. Click any link:

Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Buff-barred Warbler P. pulcher
Ashy-throated Warbler P. maculipennis
Hume’s Leaf Warbler P. humei
Yellow-browed Warbler P. inornatus
Chinese Leaf Warbler P. yunnanensis
Lemon-rumped Warbler P. chloronotus
Sichuan Leaf Warbler P. forresti
Gansu Leaf Warbler P. kansuensis
Pallas’s Leaf Warbler P. proregulus
Yellow-streaked Warbler P. armandii
Radde’s Warbler P. schwarzi
Sulphur-bellied Warbler P. griseolus
Tickell’s Leaf Warbler P. affinis
Smoky Warbler P. fuligiventer
Dusky Warbler P. fuscatus
Buff-throated Warbler P. subaffinis
Willow Warbler P. trochilus
Mountain Chiffchaff P. sindianus
Common Chiffchaff P. collybita
Eastern Crowned Warbler P. coronatus
Ijima’s Leaf Warbler P. ijimae
White-spectacled Warbler P. intermedius
Grey-cheeked Warbler P. poliogenys
Green-crowned Warbler P. burkii
Grey-crowned Warbler P. tephrocephalus
Whistler’s Warbler P. whistleri
Bianchi’s Warbler P. valentini
Alström’s Warbler P. soror
Martens’s Warbler P. omeiensis
Two-barred Warbler P. plumbeitarsus
Greenish Warbler P. trochiloides
Emei Leaf Warbler P. emeiensis
Large-billed Leaf Warbler P. magnirostris
Sakhalin Leaf Warbler P. borealoides
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler P. tenellipes
Japanese Leaf Warbler P. xanthodryas
Kamchatka Leaf Warbler P. examinandus
Arctic Warbler P. borealis
Chestnut-crowned Warbler P. castaniceps
Limestone Leaf Warbler P. calciatilis
Sulphur-breasted Warbler P. ricketti
Yellow-vented Warbler P. cantator
Blyth’s Leaf Warbler P. reguloides
Claudia’s Leaf Warbler P. claudiae
Hartert’s Leaf Warbler P. goodsoni
Kloss’s Leaf Warbler P. ogilviegranti
Hainan Leaf Warbler P. hainanus
Davison’s Leaf Warbler P. davisoni
Grey-hooded Warbler P. xanthoschistos

RESOURCES ON LEAF WARBLERS

Use Per Alström’s 40-page presentation on the leaf warblers of China. The document is available in PDF and jpeg:

Presentation on the Identification of Leaf Warblers in China, by Per Alström (PDF version)

Presentation on the Identification of Leaf Warblers in China, by Per Alström (zip folder containing jpegs that can be synced like photos to one’s smartphone)

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