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Armenian Name: | Սպիտակաբեղ շահրիկ |
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See Plate 50 for Menetries's Warbler and other similar species
Resident Status: | Breeding bird |
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Abundance: | Common |
Length: | 13.5 cm, Wing Span:15-19 cm |
Distribution Map: | Map 286. |
Description: | Small restless warbler with long dark tail and pale legs. Male: gray upperparts and pale pink underparts. Head shows black crown and face, reddish eye with paler red eyering, and white stripe below ear coverts. Female is yellow-brown tinted with gray above, paler below and has a white eyering. |
Similar Species: | Greater Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler. |
Behavior: | Constantly waves tail. Alarm call is a churring rattle. |
Habitat: | Semidesert, arid mountain steppe. |
Food: | Invertebrates, fruit, seeds. |
Nest: | Cup of dry grasses, sage, rootlets, horsehair in shrub. |
Eggs: | 17 mm, 4-5, white to pale olive, brown spots. |