Two-barred Warbler

Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus

Family: Leaf Warblers · Status: Vagrant · Size: 11.5–12 cm · Conservation: Least Concern

Range

Breeds in eastern Siberia and Mongolia, winters in Indochina.

Identification

Closely resembles Arctic Warbler but marginally shorter-billed, usually lacks black on lower mandible tip, darker-legged, with slightly more prominent wing bars and supercilium, and greener upperparts in fresh plumage. Lacks the crown stripe and yellow undertail-coverts of Eastern Crowned Warbler. Upperparts less contrasting than Yellow-browed Warbler, lacking the dark gray contrasting coverts between the wing bars. Given its rarity in Singapore, vocalizations are strongly desired for identification.

Habitat

Parks and forests.

Behaviour

Forages actively in middle levels of trees, singly or in small mixed flocks.