Wildlifeof India
Sykes's Warbler
Warblers & Cisticolas
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Basic stats
Diet
Insects
Habitat
Open country with bushes and other tall vegetation
Range
Breeds from north-east Arabia to Turkestan, west China and Afghanistan; winters in the Indian subcontinent
Clutch size
3–4 eggs
Sykes's warbler is a small tree warbler, small for its genus, pale brown above and whitish below with buff flanks, a short pale eyebrow, pale-edged outer tail feathers and a strong, pointed bill. It is larger and greyer than the booted warbler, of which it was formerly treated as a subspecies, and most resembles the eastern olivaceous warbler. Its English name commemorates Colonel William Henry Sykes (Wikipedia, general species account).
It lives in open country with bushes and other tall vegetation. It breeds from north-east Arabia to Turkestan, west China and Afghanistan, and many birds winter in the Indian subcontinent as far south as Sri Lanka. Like most warblers it is insectivorous, and it lays three or four eggs in a nest in a bush. SoIB 2023 lists it as a winter migrant in India but gives no trend or priority (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).
Quick answers
- What does the Sykes's Warbler eat?
- Insects
- What habitat does the Sykes's Warbler live in?
- Open country with bushes and other tall vegetation
- Where is the Sykes's Warbler found?
- Breeds from north-east Arabia to Turkestan, west China and Afghanistan; winters in the Indian subcontinent
- How many eggs does the Sykes's Warbler lay?
- 3–4 eggs