Chestnut-headed Tesia
Cettia castaneocoronata
Adorably round and tailless small ground-dweller; combination of bright white eyering, deep cinnamon-brown head, and yellow throat is unique and unmistakable. Breeds in montane and hill forests, where it prefers densely vegetated wet or damp areas, often in the vicinity of streams and gullies. Winters in scrubby forest and forest edge growth in lower foothills. Forages actively on the ground in deep cover, seldom venturing out into the open. Gives a loud, fluid-sounding “chee-leu-chee-wit,” as well as various sharp and high-pitched calls.
Taxonomy
The chestnut-headed tesia was formally described by the English army officer and zoologist Edward Burton in 1836 under the binomial name Sylvia castaneocoronata. The specific epithet combines the Latin castaneus meaning "chestnut-coloured" and coronatus meaning "crowned". Formerly placed in the genus Tesia, a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2011 found that the chestnut-headed tesia was embedded in a clade containing members of the genus Cettia.<p>Three subspecies are recognised:
- Scientific name
- Cettia castaneocoronata
- Authority
- (Burton, E, 1836)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cettiidae
- Genus
- Cettia
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Vertical migration
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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