Birds of Singapore
by the Bird Society of Singapore
Phylloscopus coronatus
Family: Leaf Warblers · Status: Common migrant · Size: 12.5–13 cm · Conservation: Least Concern
Breeds in the Russian Fareast, China, Korea and Japan, winters in the Thai-Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.
Similar to Arctic Warbler but with a well-defined pale median crown stripe on a contrasting darker crown, longer bill with dark upper mandible and pale lower mandible with no dark tip, brighter olive upperparts, whiter underparts and pale yellow undertail-coverts. Lacks the prominent white wing bars of Yellow-browed Warbler and Two-barred Warbler.
Forests, mangroves, gardens, parks and wooded areas.
Frequents the canopy, foraging in the foliage; sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.