Eastern Crowned Warbler
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Coastal scrub (very rare).
Diet: Insects.
Best time to spot: Yellow vent; crown stripe.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. Numbers peak in May. See the May birding guide for what else is about. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Two-barred Greenish Warbler · Coastal scrub (very rare)
- Arctic Warbler · Coastal scrub (vagrant)
- Dusky Warbler · Coastal scrub (autumn vagrant)
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler · Oak woods (very rare)
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler · Coastal scrub (autumn)
- Western Crowned Warbler · Coastal scrub (extreme vagrant)
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