Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Seicercus castaniceps

Silhouette: Jiekun He · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Dehradun

In 3 days <5%

29 Verified sightings at Dehradun
910 In all 7 parks From 2019 to 2026
January Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Chestnut-crowned Warbler

The chestnut-crowned warbler (Phylloscopus castaniceps) is a species of leaf warbler (family Phylloscopidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Nine subspecies are recognised across its range, and it forms a superspecies with the Sunda warbler and the yellow-breasted warbler.

It is arboreal and primarily insectivorous. Though not considered migratory, it may make small seasonal movements to higher or lower elevations. The chestnut-crowned warbler was previously placed in the genus Seicercus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018 found that neither Phylloscopus nor Seicercus were monophyletic. In the subsequent reorganization the two genera were merged into Phylloscopus which has priority under the rules of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Wikipedia →

Sounds

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China · 2020

© Yuxuan Liu · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
2 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~20%
3 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
~10%
4 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~10%
5 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
6 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
7 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Guiyang 🇨🇳 China
~10%
2 Chengdu 🇨🇳 China
<5%
3 Dehradun 🇮🇳 India
<5%
4 Kathmandu 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Chestnut-crowned Warbler in Dehradun?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-crowned Warbler sighting in Dehradun on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 197th most-seen of the 280 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Chestnut-crowned Warbler in Dehradun?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-crowned Warbler in Dehradun on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Chestnut-crowned Warbler?

Between 3 and 6 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chestnut-crowned Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Is Dehradun the best place to see a Chestnut-crowned Warbler?

3rd of 4

Of the 4 cities where we can rate Chestnut-crowned Warbler sightings, Dehradun ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Guiyang (China, about 10%) and Chengdu (China, under 5%).

Where does the Chestnut-crowned Warbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Chestnut-crowned Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Dehradun (29 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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