adult

adult European distribution

Identification

This bird looks rather like a dull brown Chiffchaff but with a strikingly long pale supercilium. It can be told from Radde’s Warbler by its daintier proportions, particularly the finer bill and less prominent legs, and the fact that the supercilium is weaker in front of the eye, both can show this feature. In plumage it looks generally duller darker and browner than a Radde’s Warbler.

Habitat

Rare visitor from Asia most likely to be found in bushy coastal areas.

Migration

An altitudinal and long-distance migrant, breeding in northern Asia and wintering in northern India, Burma and the foothills of Nepal.

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For the purposes of our bird news services, Dusky Warbler is classed as Scarce: broadly speaking, species that are covered in British Birds' annual review of scarce species (and forms of similar rarity).

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This species has been reported in the following areas (Bird News Extra subscribers can click a county name for more details):

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	Separating Radde's and Dusky Warblers	Wednesday 4th October 2006
	No longer the revered 'sibes' of years gone by, they are now the expected supporting cast for much rarer autumn fare. Find out more about the occurrence patterns of these two scarce phylloscs and how to identify them in the field.
	Dusky Warbler - A Record Year	Thursday 22nd November 2001

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