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Brook's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus subviridis
coyright Amano Samarpan; 2004
A
real speciality of the Delhi
area is the
Brook’s
Leaf Warbler
, which
breeds in the Himalayas of northern
Pakistan and winters mainly
in the northern plains from
Punjab to Uttar Pradesh, particularly
favouring acacias, often close
to water. Clearly an uncommon
bird, one of the best places
to see it is at Sultanpur jheel
in Haryana. It is a very small,
energetic warbler, tending to
stay high up in the canopy.
Its distinctive call, a single
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