Bird Identification, Distribution and Behavior of Yellow-Browed warbler

Like many other leaf warblers Yellow-Browed warblers are very active. They are extremely smaller in size , one of the smallest old world warbler. They like mid to high canopy of trees and are most active during early morning and late afternoon. 

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Leaf Warblers (Phylloscopidae) 

Identification factors of Yellow-Browed warblers :

• Has brighter greenish - olive upperparts. 
• Yellowish-white supercilium, ear coverts and wingbars. 
• Underparts are white, with variable amounts of yellow. 

Range and Habitat:

Yellow-Browed warblers are winter visitors to Indian subcontinent. They are most likely to be seen in the canopies of open forest and woodlands. 

Breeding and Nesting:

Yellow-Browed warblers builds nests in dense clusters with side entrance. Nest is constructed of grasses, wooden pieces. Only female Yellow-Browed warblers incubates the eggs but both the male and the female takes care of the young. 

Number of eggs 5-6 by a pair with general incubation period of 2 weeks. 

Foraging and Feeding:

Feeds on insects only both from treetops as well as from the ground. 

Vocalization:

Yellow-Browed warblers have high pitched "Tswe-eet" Like calls.