Brownish‑flanked Bush-warbler Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Phyllergates cuculatus
Family : Cettiidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Bushes
Description : The Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler is a small dull brown passerine of the undergrowth with brownish underparts (length 11 cm, weight 9.5 g, wing 5 cm, bill 1.4 cm, tarsus 2 cm, tail 5 cm). It is a uniform deep olive-brown above and pale buff-grey below. Its flanks are brownish-olive. It has a narrow but long off-white to buffy supercilium and a diffused dark stripe through the brown eye. Its bill is dark brown with a pinkish-horn base to the lower mandible, its legs and feet are yellowish-brown. It has a moderately long rounded tail. The male and the female look alike. It feeds mainly on crawling insects, usually by pecking and probing among decomposing leaves. It breeds in the hills of north-east India in May-July.
Other Species from Group
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Locustella lanceolata
(Lanceolated Warbler) -
Locustella davidi
(Baikal Grasshopper-warbler) -
Gampsorhynchus rufulus
(Rufous-vented Grass-babbler (Prinia)) -
Cettia brunnifrons
(Chestnut‑headed Tesia) -
Acrocephalus stentoreus
(Clamorous Reed-warbler) -
Paradoxornis guttaticollis
(White-breasted (Greater Rufous‑headed) Parrotbill) -
Pellorneum albiventre
(Buff‑breasted Babbler) -
Locustella thoracica
(Spotted Grasshopper-warbler) -
Chrysomma sinense
(Black‑breasted Parrotbill) -
Graminicola bengalensis
(Brown‑cheeked Fulvetta)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
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Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
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Pelicans -
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Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
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Cisticola & Prinia -
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Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
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Rosefinches and Buntings -
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Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
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Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
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Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
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Nuthatch -
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Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
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Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
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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: Yu Ching Tam(www.inaturalist.org/people/Yu Ching Tam),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;more 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: Yu Ching Tam(www.inaturalist.org/people/Yu Ching Tam),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;more information, please contact us.