Western Crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus occipitalis

Least Concern

The Western Crowned Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for tiny insects and spiders, often flicking through mixed flocks or migrating between breeding woods and warmer wintering scrub and forest.

Family

Phylloscopidae

Group

Leaf Warblers

Range

Western Crowned Warbler Range — Resident or seasonal range in the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests

Population

≈ 500K–5M

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