Prakruti Parichay
CettiidaeCettia

Hume's Bush Warbler

Cettia brunnescens

9.5–9.5 cmVery Small
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Himalayas. From Brownish - flanked by smaller and finer bill, paler rufous-brown upperparts with strong olive cast (especially to lower back and rump). noticeable rufous fringes to tertials, and paler underparts with yellowish belly and flanks (yellow sometimes barely apparent). Formerly treated as conspecific with Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler C. acanlhizoides. Bamboo stands.

Colour

BrownRufous / Red-brownOliveYellow
Average size
9.5 cm
Habitat
Bamboo stands.
Behaviour
Resident., Formerly treated as conspecific with Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler C. acanlhizoides.

About this bird

Resident. Himalayas. From Brownish - flanked by smaller and finer bill, paler rufous-brown upperparts with strong olive cast (especially to lower back and rump). noticeable rufous fringes to tertials, and paler underparts with yellowish belly and flanks (yellow sometimes barely apparent). Formerly treated as conspecific with Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler C. acanlhizoides. Bamboo stands.

Compare size with other birds

Every bird sits between two neighbours — bigger than one, smaller than the other. The sentences below are generated live from the database.

Open full comparison

Hume's Bush Warbler is bigger than Ashy-throated Warbler but smaller than A am a io Glossy SWifUet.

This bird

Hume's Bush Warbler

Cettia brunnescens

9.5–9.5 cm