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Armenian Name: | Գետային ճռիկահավ |
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See Plate 48 for Eurasian River Warbler and other similar species
Resident Status: | Casual |
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Length: | 13 cm, Wing Span:19-22 cm |
Distribution Map: | Map 264. |
Description: | Uniform dull brown above; off-white below with gray-brown flanks, blotched breast. Broad rounded tail; long, broadly and neatly pale-tipped undertail coverts. |
Similar Species: | Differs from Savi's Warbler by mottled breast, broad pale tips on undertail coverts, and song. |
Behavior: | Extremely shy and secretive. Song is a pulsing trill. |
Habitat: | Grasslands, sedge meadows, thickets. |
Food: | Invertebrates. |