Chestnut-crowned Bush-Warbler

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Common Name : Chestnut-crowned Bush-Warbler
Scientific Name : Cettia major (Horsfield & Moore, 1854)

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Sylviidae
Taxonomic Group : Passeriformes - Sylviidae ( Old World warblers )

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General Species Profile

Taxonomy

Clements Checklist of Birds of the World 6.4 December 2009 Updated

Common Name : Chestnut-crowned Bush-Warbler
Scientific Name : Cettia major
Order : Passeriformes Family : Sylviidae (Old World Warblers)
Number of SubSpecies : 2

Taxon Category	Sub Species / Race	Range
subspecies	Cettia major major	Himalayas of Nepal to ne India, se Tibet, Myanmar and sw China
subspecies	Cettia major vafra	NE India (Meghalaya and Cachar hills of Assam)

Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World 2006

3rd Edition, 2003. Revised and Corrected per Corrigenda to December 31, 2006

Common Name : Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler
Scientific Name : Cettia major
SubFamily : Acrocephalinae

Number of SubSpecies : 2

Sub Species / Race
Cettia major major
Cettia major vafra

IOC World Bird Names (version 2.2)

IOC Common Name : Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler
IOC Scientific Name : Cettia major

Distribution :
Region : OR Range : Himalayas, c China
Order : PASSERIFORMES Family : Cettidae
Category : Cettia bush warblers and allies

A Synopsis of the Birds of India and Pakistan

SYNOPIS NO : 1479- 1480

Scientific Name: Cettia major
Common Name: Large Bush Warbler

Birdlife International Checklist Ver 3 June 2010

Common Name : Chestnut-crowned Bush-warbler
Scientific Name : Cettia major((Horsfield & Moore, 1854))
Birdlife Synonym : Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler (15)

BirdLife Redlist Status Year 2010: LC
BirdLife Species FactSheet for Chestnut-crowned Bush-warbler ( Cettia major )

Taxonomy Treatment : R

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

IUCN Common Name (Eng) : Chestnut-crowned Bush-warbler, Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler
Scientific Name : Cettia major (Horsfield & Moore, 1854)
IUCN Redlist Species FactSheet for Chestnut-crowned Bush-warbler, Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler ( Cettia major )

Species : major
Genus : Cettia
Family : SylviidaeOrder : Passeriformes

IUCN RedList Status : LC

IUCN RedList Criteria Version : 3.1
IUCN RedList Year Assessed : 2008
IUCN RedList Petitioned : N

Oriental Bird Club Checklist Draft Novemebr 2009

Family : SYLVIIDAE

Scientific Name : Cettia major
Common Name : Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler

Bibliography

Bibliography of Chestnut-crowned Bush-Warbler ( Cettia major )
Number of Results found : 7

1. Craig Robson , (2005), Chestnut-crowned Bush-Warbler (Cettia major), BIRDS OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA; New Holland Publishers Ltd, : 109.

2. Krys Kazmierczak; Ber van Perlo , (2000), Chestnut-crowned Bush-Warbler (Cettia major), A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT; Yale University Press, : 244.

3. Carol Inskipp; Tim Inskipp; Richard Grimmett , (1999), Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler (Cettia major), HELM FIELD GUIDES - BIRDS of BHUTAN; A&C Black, : 144.

4. Salim Ali; S Dillon RipleyÂ , (1997), No. 1480. Large Bush Warbler (Cettia major vafer ) {Koelz)., Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, Volume 8 (Warblers to Redstarts ): 13.

5. Salim Ali; S Dillon RipleyÂ , (1997), No. 1479. Large Bush Warbler (Cettia major major ) (Moore), Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, Volume 8 (Warblers to Redstarts ): 12.

6. Kevin Baker; Jeff Baker , (1997), Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler (Cettia major), Warblers of Europe, Asia, and North Africa; Princeton University Press, : 130.

7. Giri TR;Choudhary H; , (1996), Additional sightings!, Bird Conservation Nepal Newsletter, 5:3: 2 - 3.

Book Excerpts

The Birds of India - Vol - II Part - I (1863)

Large Hill-Warbler (Horeites major)

529. Horeites major, Hodgson.

Moore, P. Z. S., 1854.

The Large Hill-Warbler.

Descr. - Above olive-brown reddish, on the wings ; tail rounded, and of a dusky brown, the outer webs fringed with olive-brown ; cap red-brown; a yellowish ferruginous superciliary streak extending over the ear-coverts, which are ruddy brown above, ashy beneath; throat, sides of neck, centre of breast, and abdomen, ashy white; sides of the breast and flanks olive-brown.

Bill dark horny, fleshy at the base beneath; feet yellowish. Length 5 inches ; wing 2 1/2 ; tail 2 2/10 ; bill at front 3/8 ; tarsus 9/10.

This species has a comparatively larger bill, and longer wing than the others of the genus, and also stronger feet. From Nepal.

I obtained two species, apparently of this genus, on the Khasia hills, from 5,000 to 6,000 feet of elevation. They frequent the grassy hills, hiding themselves with celerity, and in their habits closely resemble Locustella.

The Avifauna of British India and its dependencies - Vol I (1888)

Moore'S Bush Or Large Hill- Warbler (Cettia major)

329. Cettia major, (Moore),

Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 36; id.. Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. I4S, pl. vii. Horeites major, Moore, P. Z. S., 1854, p. 105 ; (descr. prem.); Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 164, No. 529.-

Moore's Bush or Large Hill- Warbler.

Upper surface olive brown, shading into russet on the wings and tail, which are edged with dark olive brown, and into rich dark russet-brown colour on the nape and head; supercilium yellowish ferruginous, extending over the ear coverts, which are brown tinged with ruddy; chin and abdomen white; throat, sides of neck, and centre of breast olive brown, deeper on the flanks, thighs, and under tail coverts. Bill Phylloscopine, dark brown ; under mandible paler at base ; 5th and 6th primaries nearly equal and longest; 2nd shorter than the secondaries ; 1st more than half the length of the second; legs, feet, and claws pale brown.

Length.- 3.9 to 4.5 inches; wing 2.41 to 2.63 ; tail 2.2 to 2.4; tarsus 1.02; culmen 0.55.

Hab.- The Himalayas, from Nepaul to Sikkim, and the Mountains of Chinese Thibet, descending into the valleys in the cold season. Seebohm adds that it is probably a partial migrant breeding at or near the limit of forest growth on the Himalayas.

Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds - Vol I (1889)

Large Bush-Warbler (Horornis major)

Horeites major, (Hodgson), Hume, Rough Draft N. & E. no. 529 (err. 629).

A nest said to belong to the Large Bush-Warbler was sent in with one of the parent birds in July from near Lachong in Native Sikkim, where it was found at an elevation of about 14,000 feet. It was placed at a height of about a foot from the ground in a stunted thorny shrub common at these high elevations. It was a very warm little cup, about 3 inches in diameter, composed of the finest fern and moss-roots, tiny fern-leaves, wool, and numbers of the coarse white crinkly hairs of the burhel. It contained three fresh eggs, regular, slightly elongated ovals, a little pointed towards the small end; the shell fine and compact, but with scarcely any gloss.

The ground-colour is white with a faint greenish-blue tinge, and on the larger half of the egg excessively minute specks of brownish red are thinly sprinkled, except just at the crown of the egg, where the specks are denser and exhibit a tendency to form a tiny cap. On the smaller half of the egg very few, if any, specklings are to be traced. In length the eggs measure 0·7 and 0·71, and in breadth 0·53 to 0·55.

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 1st Ed. Vol I (1889)

Large Bush-Warbler (Horornis major)

452. Horornis major.

The Large Bush-Warbler.

Horeites major, Hodgs., Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 105 ; Horsf. & M. Cat. i, p. 323; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 164; Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 161; Hume, N, & E. p. 331; id. Cat. no. 529. Cettia major (Hodgs), Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 145, pl. vii. Horornis major (Hodgs.), Oates in Hume's N. & E. 2nd ed. i, p. 281.

The Large Hill-Warbler, Jerd.

Coloration. Forehead, crown, and nape chestnut-brown; upper plumage and visible portions of wings and tail olive-brown ; the two latter parts tinged with rufous; lores and behind the eye blackish ; a pale rufous supercilium; ear-coverts rufous-ashy; chin, throat, and breast greyish white ; centre of abdomen whitish ; sides of the body, vent, thighs, and under tail-coverts dull ochraceous-brown.

In the dry state, the upper mandible and tip of the lower are dark brown, the remainder of the bill yellowish; legs fleshy brown.

Length about 5 ; tail 2; wing 2.4; tarsus .9; bill from gape .6.

Distribution. Nepal and Sikhim.

Habits, &c. Breeds in Sikhim at high altitudes in July, constructing a cup-shaped nest, composed of fern-roots, hair, wool, moss, &c, in a low bush.

The eggs, which appear to be three in number, are, unlike those of most species of Horornis, of a white colour, sprinkled over the larger half of the egg with minute specks of brownish red. They measure .7 by .54.

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 2nd Ed. Vol II (1924)

Large Bush-Warbler (Horornis major)

(915) Horornis major.

The Large Bush-Warbler.

Horeites major Moore. P. Z. S , 1854, p. 105 (Nepal). Horornis major. Blanf. & Oates, 1, p. 438.

Vernacular names. None recorded.

Description. Forehead, crown and nape deep, rich chestnut-brown, the edge of the forehead and a supercilium paler and more rufous; whole upper plumage and visible portions of tail and wings dark olive-brown, the last tinged with rufous; lores next to the eye and a line behind dark brown; cheeks and upper parts of ear-coverts rufous; lower parts of ear-coverts, chin, throat, and breast greyish white; remainder of lower parts dull white suffused with brown on the sides oil the breast, flanks, thighs, vent and under tail-coverts; under wing-coverts and axillaries fulvous or fulvous-white.

Colours of soft parts. Iris hazel or deep brown; bill horny-brown above, yellow on the commissure and lower mandible; legs and feet tan-brown.

Measurements. Total length about 125 mm.; wing 57 to 67 mm.; tail 44 to 51 mm.; tarsus 24 to 25 mm.; culmen 11 mm.

Distribution. Nepal and Sikkim.

Nidification. The Large Bush-Warbler breeds in Sikkim at 9,000 feet upwards and perhaps down to 7,000 feet in May and June in dense forest. The only nest I have seen, authentic beyond all doubt, could not have been distinguished from one of that bird. The eggs were also indistinguishable but were large, measuring 18.3 x 13.9 mm. The nest and eggs described under the name of this bird in Hume's ' Nests and Eggs,' p. 281, were not of this species.

Habits. Those of the genus but the Large Bush-Warbler keeps more to higher elevations, even in Winter, than does any other species of this genus.

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 2nd Ed. Vol VII (1930)

Homochlamys major

Homochlamys major Horsf. & Moore.

Horeites major Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Birds Mus. E. I. Co., vol. i, p. 323, Nov. 8, 1854, ex Hodgs. MS.: Nepal; Moore, P. Z. S., 1854, p. 105, 1855.

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 2nd Ed. Vol VIII (1930)

Homochlamys major.

P. 510.

(915) Homochlamys major.

The reference should be Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Birds Mus, E. I. Co., vol. i, p. 323, Nov. 1854.

Distribution. Add: N. E. to Szetschuan (Stresemann).

Museum Collections

Number of Museum Specimen Records Found : 9 for Cettia major

No.	Museum	Species	Collection Deatils	Collector	Date of Collection	Record	Locality	GBIF Portal Link
1	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Cettia major major	UMMZ Bird 185937	Koelz, Walter N	1948-06-21 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Rahlam Kumaon Uttar Pradesh India Southern Asia	Link
2	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Cettia major major	UMMZ Bird 185938	Koelz, Walter N	1948-07-03 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Jimba Kumaon [Uttar Pradesh] India Southern Asia	Link
3	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Cettia major vafer	UMMZ Bird 185939	Koelz, Walter N	1948-10-08 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Jagora Tehri-[Garwhal] [Uttar Pradesh] India Southern Asia	Link
4	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Cettia major vafer	UMMZ Bird 185941	Koelz, Walter N	1949-11-22 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Bamanigaon Assam India Southern Asia	Link
5	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Cettia major vafer	UMMZ Bird 185943	Koelz, Walter N	1950-01-16 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Phulbari Garo Hills Assam India Southern Asia	Link
6	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Cettia major vafer	UMMZ Bird 185942	Koelz, Walter N	1950-01-18 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Phulbari Garo Hills Assam India Southern Asia	Link
7	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Cettia major major	UMMZ Bird 185944	Koelz, Walter N	1950-04-12 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Phulbari Garo Hills Assam India Southern Asia	Link
8	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Cettia major vafer	UMMZ Bird 185940	Koelz, Walter N	1951-02-15 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Dimapur Naga Hills Assam India Southern Asia	Link
9	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Cettia major vafer	UMMZ Bird 147870	Koelz, Walter N	1953-01-19 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Phulbari Garo Hills Assam India Southern Asia	Link

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University of Michigan Museum of Zoology ( 9 Records )

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Call Type: song (A)

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