Sulphur-bellied Warbler

The sulphur-bellied warbler, earlier known as the olivaceous leaf warbler, is a leaf warbler found in the Palearctic, in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Central Asian Russia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Like other leaf warblers it gleans insects from small branches and leaves. It is found in rocky hill and scrub forest habitats in small groups, tends to forage low in the vegetation, sometimes hopping on the ground, and has a single-note cheep call (Wikipedia, general species account).

The cached account does not describe its occurrence in India. SoIB 2023 rates it a High conservation priority, a within-India migrant of non-specialised habitat with a Large range of about 470,000 km², a decline of about 55% over the long term and a rapid current decline of about 5% a year (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).