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Armenian Name: | Մորու շահրիկ |
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See Plate 50 for Lesser Whitethroat and other similar species
Resident Status: | Breeding bird |
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Abundance: | Uncommon |
Length: | 12.5-13.5 cm, Wing Span:16.5-20.5 cm |
Distribution Map: | Map 283. |
Description: | Grayish warbler with short wings and tail and dark gray legs; faint pale supercilium in fall. Male: S. c. caucasica is brownish-gray above with gray head and blackish ear coverts. S. c. althaea is larger and darker, with blackish upper head. Females of both subspecies are paler overall. |
Similar Species: | Greater Whitethroat, Orphean Warbler, Garden Warbler, Menetries's Warbler. |
Behavior: | Males sing rattling song from cover of bushes. |
Habitat: | Hot dry scrub; widespread on migration. |
Food: | Invertebrates, berries. |
Nest: | Cup of dry grass in low tree or shrub. |
Eggs: | 17 mm, 4-6, white, gray spots. |