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Menetries's Warbler
Sylvia mystacea
(S. m. mystacea)
| 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. |
