Urosphena pallidipes
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days <5%
The pale-footed bush warbler (Hemitesia pallidipes) is a species of oriental warbler in the family Cettiidae that is found in southern Asia. It occurs in the Himalayan region west from Dehradun through the foothills of Nepal to northeastern India. It also occurs in Myanmar, Laos, northern Vietnam and southern China. A single sighting was recorded from Kandy, Sri Lanka in March 1993.
The pale-footed bush warbler was formally described in 1872 by the English naturalist William Blandford under the binomial name Phylloscopus pallidipes. The specific epithet pallidipes combines the Latin pallidus meaning "pale" with pes meaning "foot". This warbler is now placed in the genus Hemitesia that was introduced by James Chapin in 1948.
Three subspecies are recognised: The pale-footed bush warbler usually associates with Themeda grasslands. The habitat and altitudinal limit for pale-footed bush warbler vary slightly... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 2 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guangzhou | 🇨🇳 China |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-footed Bush Warbler sighting in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 371st most-seen of the 388 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-footed Bush Warbler in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season. August and September have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale-footed Bush Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Pale-footed Bush Warbler sightings, Royal Manas National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Chitwan National Park (Nepal, under 5%).
Same family: Cettiidae
The closest relatives of the Pale-footed Bush Warbler that you can see in Royal Manas National Park (family Cettiidae, Bush Warblers and Allies) are Yellow-bellied Warbler (about 20%), Rufous-faced Warbler (about 20%) and Black-faced Warbler (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale-footed Bush Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Royal Manas National Park (5 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
