Booted Warbler
Iduna caligata
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Mass
~9 g
Habitat
Shrublands
Diet
Insects and invertebrates
How to recognize it
The Booted Warbler is a small, plain-looking songbird that is easier to notice for how it moves and keeps itself hidden than for any flashy features. It has a neat, understated look, with a soft brown-grey upper side and a paler underside.
It stays low and quiet, usually tucked into dense grass and shrubs. Its nest is built close to the ground, and on migration it may turn up in a wide range of places along the way.
It uses overgrown meadows, edges, open young woodland, clear-cuts, and willow thickets. It mainly eats insects, breeds in eastern Europe and western Asia, and spends the winter in south Asia.
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The Booted Warbler is a small, plain-looking songbird that is easier to notice for how it moves and keeps itself hidden than for any flashy features. It has a neat, understated look, with a soft brown-grey upper side and a paler underside.
It stays low and quiet, usually tucked into dense grass and shrubs. Its nest is built close to the ground, and on migration it may turn up in a wide range of places along the way.
It uses overgrown meadows, edges, open young woodland, clear-cuts, and willow thickets. It mainly eats insects, breeds in eastern Europe and western Asia, and spends the winter in south Asia.
How to recognize it
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Sources
- eBird — Iduna caligata Sightings map and full description on eBird
- Wikipedia — Booted warbler Encyclopedia article