Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) | Species | ||||||||||||||||
 (1/800th sec at f9. Click image for larger version. © David Hastings) DescriptionL 9 - 9.5 cm ; WS 14 - 16 cm Pallas's Warbler is one of the smallest Palearctic warblers, with a relatively large head and short tail. It has greenish upperparts and white underparts, a lemon-yellow rump, and yellow double wingbars, supercilia and central crown stripe. It is found from southern Siberia east to northern Mongolia and northeast China. It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in south China and adjacent areas of southeast Asia, although in recent decades increasing numbers have been found in Europe in autumn. Breeding habitats are coniferous taiga forests including fir, spruce, pine and larch, or mixed forest with rhododendron, karsu oak and a high percentage of conifers. It is regarded as being of Least Concern by the IUCN. Sightings
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