Hume's leaf warbler © Tom Hibbert
Hume's leaf warbler
This tiny warbler is a rare autumn visitor, usually to the east coast of England and Scotland.
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Phylloscopus humeiPryd i'w gweld
October to NovemberGwybodaeth am rywogaethau
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Ystadegau
Length: 9-10 cmWeight: 5-9 g
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A rare vagrant. Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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The Hume's leaf warbler nests in mountain forests across Central Asia, migrating to the Indian subcontinent and parts of South-east Asia for the winter. A few go astray most autumns and find their way to the UK, usually turning up on the east coast of England and Scotland. As with the very similar yellow-browed warbler, the number of birds recorded in the UK most autumns has increased in recent decades. Hume's leaf warblers tend to arrive later in the year than yellow-browed warblers, with most records in late October and November. Occasionally, birds that arrive in autumn stay for the winter.Sut i'w hadnabod
A very small warbler, with a dull greyish-green back and off-white underparts. It has a bold, pale stripe above each eye, from the base of the beak to the back of the head. It also has two pale bars across its wings, though the first of these is often faint. Its beak and legs are usually mostly dark.The Hume's leaf warbler looks very similar to the yellow-browed warbler, which is a much more common autumn visitor. The yellow-browed warbler is a brighter bird, with a moss-green back and whiter flanks. Its eye stripe and wingbars are brighter and more yellow than those of the Hume's leaf warbler. It also typically has paler legs.
The easiest way to separate these two similar warblers is by their call. Yellow-browed warbler has a loud, very high-pitched, drawn out 'tse-wee' call that rises cheerfully. Hume's leaf warbler has a shorter, more nasal, lower-pitched call.