Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti) -> Streaked Scrub Warbler (Cettia cetti) - BirdID's Bird Guide - Nord University

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Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)

Streaked Scrub Warbler (Scotocerca inquieta)

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Length (cm):

13-13

10-10

Wingspan (cm):

15-19

13-14

Weight (gram):

9-17

6-9

Size group:

Warbler-size

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Appearance:

Small, warm buff warbler with skulking behaviour, but conspicuous song. Similar in size to Reed Warbler, but with short, rounded wings and rounded tail. Build fairly compact, but bill thin and slender. Supercilium thin and dull. Cheeks and underparts greyish white, lacking the purer white belly of confusion species. Pale eye-ring. Under tail-coverts usually brown with pale fringes. Often flicks tail or holds it raised. Usually hides among undergrowth, and shows itself only when moving from one shrub to another.

Sound:

Contact call a short, metallic, ascending "vitt". Often given in rapid series. Song diagnostic, and readily given throughout the year. Phrases last from 2 - 5 seconds, consisting of a few loud, clear and rapid glissandi, given in approximately same register. E.g. "cetti cetti cetti", usually with a few introductory notes, and some variation to the phrase. Overall a very explosive, and with a staccato rhythm.

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