Slaty‑bellied Tesia Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
Family : Pycnonotidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Slaty-bellied Tesia is a tiny almost tail-less olive and slaty-coloured passerine (length 9 cm, weight 7.5 g, wing 4.8 cm, bill 1.4 cm, tarsus 2.3 cm, tail 1.8 cm). Its crown and nape are a bright yellowish-green, the rest of the upperparts are dull olive-green. It has a black eyestripe contrasting relatively less with the dark slaty-grey underparts. It has brown irises, legs and feet. The bill is bicolored: the upper mandible is blackish and the lower mandible is orangered with a yellow tip. The juvenile is dark olive-brown above and darker greyish below. It breeds in the Himalayas in May-July. Insects and spiders are its main food.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
-
Alcippe nipalensis
(Common Babbler) -
Phylloscopus whistleri
(Whistler’s Warbler) -
Phylloscopus chloronotus
(Lemon‑rumped Warbler) -
Argya caudata
(Striated Babbler) -
Acrocephalus orinus
(Large-billed Reed-warbler) -
Pnoepyga pusilla
(Pygmy Cupwing (Wren Babbler)) -
Psittiparus ruficeps
(Striated Yuhina) -
Pomatorhinus schisticeps
(Large Scimitar-babbler) -
Garrulax monileger
(White‑crested Laughingthrush) -
Sylvia curruca
(Yellow‑eyed Babbler)
Species groups
-
Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills
-
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters
-
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits
-
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas
-
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby
-
Flamingo
-
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch
-
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths
-
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes
-
Nightjars -
Barn-owls
-
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: markus lilje (www.inaturalist.org/people/markus lilje ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Scott Connopmore information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: markus lilje (www.inaturalist.org/people/markus lilje ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Scott Connopmore information, please contact us.