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Eastern Crowned Warbler
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Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Coastal scrub (very rare).
Diet: Insects.
Best time to spot: Yellow vent; crown stripe.
When to look
A rare visitor, not a resident. There is no dependable season, though most rarities are found during spring and autumn migration. More on the season in Rare birds in the UK.
How rare is it?
The Eastern Crowned Warbler sits in our Legendary tier for the UK: a major rarity, where any record is big news. It is not on the Red or Amber lists in Birds of Conservation Concern 5.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Two-barred Greenish WarblerLegendary · Coastal scrub (very rare)
- Radde's WarblerEpic · Coastal scrub (rare)
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerLegendary · Oak woods (very rare)
- Green WarblerLegendary · Coastal scrub (extreme vagrant)
- Western Crowned WarblerLegendary · Coastal scrub (extreme vagrant)
- Arctic WarblerRare · Coastal scrub (vagrant)
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