Black-faced Warbler
Abroscopus schisticeps
A brightly-colored and active small warbler of hilly and montane forests. Often follows other species in mixed flocks, predominantly foraging in the middle layers with warblers and fulvettas. Strikingly colored; greenish-yellow wings and white underbelly are similar to many other warblers, but combination of gray head, black face, and bright yellow eyebrows and throat set it apart from any other similarly-sized species.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Abroscopus schisticeps
- Authority
- (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Scotocercidae
- Genus
- Abroscopus
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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