Pallas's Warbler

The Pallas's Warbler or Pallas's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) is a leaf warbler which breeds in southern Siberia, Mongolia and parts of Tibet and China.

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Leaf warbler - Siberia - Mongolia - Tibet - China

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This is a bird of coniferous mountain woodlands. The nest is built in a tree. Like most Old World warblers, this small passerine is insectivorous.

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Bird - Conifer - Old World warbler - Passerine

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It has recently been split into three species. The northern Pallas's Warbler, P. proregulus, is strongly migratory and winters in subtropical Asia.

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Species - Migratory - Asia

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This tiny warbler is prone to vagrancy as far as western Europe in late October and November, despite a 3000 km distance from its breeding grounds. For example, this species occurs in late autumn in Great Britain regularly enough that it is not classified as rare there.

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Europe - Great Britain

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This is one of the smallest warblers, and shares greenish upperparts and off-white underparts with typical leaf warblers. However, this is a little jewel of a bird, with prominent double wing bars, supercilia and crown stripe, and a lemon-yellow rump.

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This bird is not shy, but its arboreal life style makes it difficult to observe. It is constantly in motion, and often hovers briefly, like a kinglet. Its song is powerful and Canary-like.

Related Topics:
Kinglet - Canary

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The closely related southern species, Lemon-rumped Warbler, P. chloronotus, and Gansu Leaf Warbler, P. kansuensis, move to lower latitudes in winter, but do not migrate long distances.

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This bird is named after the German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas.

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