Grey-sided Bush-Warbler (Cettia brunnifrons)

Other Names (World)
Grey-sided Bush-warbler, Gray-sided Bush-warbler, Gray-sided Bush Warbler, Grey-sided Bush Warbler

Family
Scotocercidae (Bush-warblers)

Size
10.50 - 11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hodgson, 1845)

Habitat
Temperate forest and shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (70)...)

Grey-sided Bush Warbler (Cettia brunnifrons) [XC255749]
by Oscar Campbell from Pelela pass, Bhutan, Bhutan (song)

Grey-sided Bush Warbler (Cettia brunnifrons) [XC79843]
by Frank Lambert from Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India (song)

Subspecies
Subspecies whistleri intergrades with nominate in northern India (Uttaranchal Pradesh). Variation throughout range possibly clinal. Birds from north-eastern India described as subspecies muroides, considered inseparable from umbratica.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

whistleri (Ticehurst, 1923) - North-western Himalayas from northern Pakistan (Kaghan Valley) and Kashmir east to northern India (Uttaranchal Pradesh).
brunnifrons (Hodgson, 1845) - Himalayas from northern India (Uttaranchal Pradesh) east to Bhutan and southern China (south-eastern Xizang).
umbratica (Baker, ECS, 1924) - North-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh), southern China (south-eastern Tibet, western Sichuan, north-western Yunnan) and northern Myanmar.
muroides (Koelz, 1954) - Southern Tibet to southern China (Sichuan and Yunnan west of Mekong River).

References
See References.

Files:

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