Chestnut-crowned warbler

Chestnut-crowned warbler
At Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Phylloscopidae
Genus:	Seicercus
Species:	S. castaniceps
Binomial name
Seicercus castaniceps Hodgson, 1845

The chestnut-crowned warbler (Seicercus castaniceps) is a species of leaf warbler (family Phylloscopidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Nine subspecies are recognised across its range, and it forms a superspecies with the Sunda warbler and the Yellow-breasted warbler.^[2][3]

From Khangchendzonga National Park, West Sikkim, India.

It is arboreal and primarily insectivourous. Though not considered migratory, it may make small seasonal movements to higher or lower elevations.^[4]

References

1. BirdLife International (2012). "Seicercus castaniceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
2. "Seicercus castaniceps - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
3. "Chestnut-crowned Warbler (Seicercus castaniceps) | the Internet Bird Collection". ibc.lynxeds.com. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
4. "Chestnut-crowned Warbler (Seicercus castaniceps)". www.hbw.com. Retrieved 2015-11-05.