PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON ... OBSERVE THE BIRD AND RECOGNIZE...BLACK FACED WARBLER

PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON #636. OBSERVE THE BIRD AND RECOGNIZE...BLACK FACED WARBLER... WATERCOLOUR...A4.. 2016...[From the photograph of MR. @BIPLAB ADHIKARI] ... The black-faced warbler (Abroscopus schisticeps) is a species of bush warbler (family Cettiidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.
It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
10 cm; 6 g. Small, rather slim warbler with distinctive head pattern. Nominate race has crown, nape and side of neck grey, bold yellow supercilia almost meeting on forehead.
Song thin and ethereal, a high-pitched tinkling “tirririr-tsii tirririr-tsii tirririr-tsii” .
Food almost entirely tiny invertebrates. Forages chiefly in upper canopy, especially among creepers.