Hume’s Whitethroat

Sylvia althaea

Order:

Passeriformes

Family:

Sylviidae

Size:

13 cm

Weight:

11-17 g

Taxonomy:

Monotypic Sylvia althaea (Hume, 1878)

Short Description:

A medium-sized with dark head top and upperparts; thick-based and rather strong bill. Slightly larger, with larger and stouter bill, than Lesser, with darker, purer grey mantle, and darker grey crown with blackish ear-coverts; on some whole crown can be dark grey and strong greyish wash to sides of breast.

Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast

Common summer visitor to all the lower valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan, rare in the northern parts. Prefers broadleaf woodland and sparse juniper scrub, at 2000-3600m; also lower bushes and shrubs on rocky slopes, and orchards with almond.

Generally forages in trees and bushes, searching leaves, twigs and bark for insects. Observed systematically to search for food items on tree trunks in manner of treecreeper; also to beat wings in attempt to flush prey. Mostly insectivorous during breeding season. Fruit, seeds, nectar, pollen and barries taken from various plants.

Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast