Pale-footed Bush-Warbler - Cettia pallidipes

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Common Name : Pale-footed Bush-Warbler
Scientific Name : Cettia pallidipes (Blanford, 1872)

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Sylviidae
Taxonomic Group : Passeriformes - Sylviidae ( Old World warblers )
Vernacular Name : Kashmir: Dofa pich, Cachar (Assam): Daotisha gashim

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Taxonomy

Clements Checklist of Birds of the World 6.4 December 2009 Updated

Common Name : Pale-footed Bush-Warbler
Scientific Name : Cettia pallidipes
Order : Passeriformes Family : Sylviidae (Old World Warblers)
Number of SubSpecies : 3

Taxon Category	Sub Species / Race	Range
subspecies	Cettia pallidipes pallidipes	Himalayan foothills to n Myanmar
subspecies	Cettia pallidipes laurentei	S China; winters to nw Thailand, n Laos and n Vietnam
subspecies	Cettia pallidipes osmastoni	Andaman Islands

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 : Pale-footed Bush Warbler
Scientific Name : Cettia pallidipes
SubFamily : Acrocephalinae

Number of SubSpecies : 3

Sub Species / Race
Cettia pallidipes pallidipes
Cettia pallidipes laurentei
Cettia pallidipes osmastoni

IOC World Bird Names (version 2.2)

IOC Common Name : Pale-footed Bush Warbler
IOC Scientific Name : Cettia pallidipes

Distribution :
Region : OR Range : widespread
Order : PASSERIFORMES Family : Cettidae
Category : Cettia bush warblers and allies

A Synopsis of the Birds of India and Pakistan

SYNOPIS NO : 1474- 1475

Scientific Name: Cettia pallidipes
Common Name: Palefooted Bush Warbler

Birdlife International Checklist Ver 3 June 2010

Common Name : Pale-footed Bush-warbler
Scientific Name : Cettia pallidipes ((Blanford, 1872))
Birdlife Synonym : Pale-footed Bush Warbler (15)

BirdLife Redlist Status Year 2010: LC
BirdLife Species FactSheet for Pale-footed Bush-warbler ( Cettia pallidipes )

Taxonomy Treatment : R

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

IUCN Common Name (Eng) : Pale-footed Bush-warbler, Pale-footed Bush Warbler
Scientific Name : Cettia pallidipes (Blanford, 1872)
IUCN Redlist Species FactSheet for Pale-footed Bush-warbler, Pale-footed Bush Warbler ( Cettia pallidipes )

Species : pallidipes
Genus : Cettia
Family : Sylviidae Order : 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 pallidipes
Common Name : Pale-footed Bush Warbler

Bibliography

Bibliography of Pale-footed Bush-Warbler ( Cettia pallidipes )
Number of Results found : 14

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

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

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

4. Salim Ali; S Dillon RipleyÂ , (1997), No. 1475. Palefooted Bush Warbler (Cettia pallidipes osmastoni) (Hartert), Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, Volume 8 (Warblers to Redstarts ): 8.

5. Salim Ali; S Dillon RipleyÂ , (1997), No. 1474. Palefooted Bush Warbler (Cettia pallidipes pallidipes ) (Blanford), Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, Volume 8 (Warblers to Redstarts ): 6.

6. Kevin Baker; Jeff Baker , (1997), Pale-footed Bush Warbler (Cettia pallidipes), Warblers of Europe, Asia, and North Africa; Princeton University Press, : 125.

7. Editor; , (1993), Rarities Committee, Ceylon Bird Club Notes, 1993:December: 97.

8. Melville, D. S., A. C. Galsworthy, P. J. Leader. , (1991), Pale-footed Bush Warbler. A species new to Hong Kong., Hong Kong Bird Report, 1990: 111 - 116.

9. Price T; , (1978), Some observations on the Warbler populations of the upland perennial wetlands in the Eastern Ghats, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 75:2: 488 - 490.

10. Osmaston BB; , (1932), Some Andaman birds, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 35:4: 891 - 893.

11. Hartert E; , (1908), [Description of a new subspecies of a warbler (Horornis pallidipes osmastoni) from the Andaman Islands], Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club, 21:144: 107 - 108.

12. , (1908), New sub-species of Blanford's Bush-warbler (Horeites pallidipes), Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 18:4: 892.

13. Viscount Walden A; , (1877), [Letter on Horeites sericea, Alcippe magnirostris, and some birds described by Mr. Hume, to the Editors.], Ibis, : 487 - 488.

14. Blanford WT; , (1872), Notes on a collection of birds from Sikkim, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 41:2: 152 - 170.

Book Excerpts

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

Blanford'S Hill Warbler (Cettia pallidipes)

327. Cettia pallidipes, (Blanf.)

Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, P- 36; id. Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 139. Phylloscopus pallidipes, Blanf, J. A. S. B. xii., pt. ii. p. 162; pl. vii. (1872). Horeites sericea, Walden, Blyth, Wald. In B. Burm. p. 119; Tweed., Ibis, 1877, p. 487; Hume, Str. F. v. p. 37. Horeites pallidipes, Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 344; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 101 ; Oales, B. Br. Burm., i. p. 122.-

Blanford's Hill Warbler.

Upper plumage, tail, and wings olive brown; a broad supercilium greyish white; lores and feathers behind the eye olive brown ; ear coverts greyish white; under surface white, very slightly tinged with brownish on the breast, flanks, and under tail coverts; axillaries and under wing coverts white. Bill Phylloscopine, yellow, the under mandible pale brown; 4th, Sth, and 6th primaries nearly equal and longest; 2nd shorter than the secondaries; ist more than half the length of the second ; iris dull brown ; legs fleshy white.

Length.- 4 inches; tail 1.7; wing 2.05 to 2.2; bill from gape 0.55.

Hab.- Sikkim and Assam, also Tenasserim. Oates says, " Blanford's Hill-Warbler was procured at Pahpoon in Tenasserim by Mr. Davison, and on the Karin Mills east of Tounghoo by Captain Wardlaw-Ramsay. It was first discovered by Blanford in Sikkim, where it is probably a partial migrant, ascending to a considerable elevadon to breed.

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

Blanford's Bush-Warbler (Horornis pallidipes)

Horeites pallidipes (Blanf.), Hume, cat. no. 527 quat.

Mr. Mandelli sent me two nests of this species. The one was found on the 24th May at Ging, near the Rungnoo River, Sikkim, and contained four fresh eggs; it was placed on the ground amongst coarse grass. The other, which was similarly placed, was found on the 29th June below Lebong at an elevation of about 4000 feet, and contained three fresh eggs. Both nests are rather coarse untidy little cups, some 3 inches in diameter, and 1·75 in height exteriorly, lined and mainly composed of very fine grass, but coated exteriorly everywhere with dry flags, bits of bamboo spathes, and with one or two dead leaves incorporated at the bottom of the structure.

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

Blanford's Bush-Warbler (Horornis pallidipes)

451. Horornis pallidipes.

Blanford's Bush-Warbler.

Phylloscopus pallidipes, Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 162, pi. vii, fig. 1 (1872) ; Brooks, J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. ii, p. 246. Horeites sericea, Wald. in Blyth, Birds Burm. p. 119 (1875); Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 487 ; Hume, S. F. v, p. 57. Horeites pallidipes (Blanf.), Hume & Dav. S. F. vi, p. 344; Hume, Cat. no. 527 quat.; Oates, B. B. i. p. 122. Cettia pallidipes (Blanf.), Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 139. Horornis pallidipes (Blanf.), Oates in Hume's N. & E. 2nd ed. i, p. 281.

Coloration. The whole upper plumage olive-brown, tinged with rufous on the rump and upper tail-coverts; wings and tail dark brown, edged with olive-brown; lores and behind the eye dark brown; a distinct greyish-white supercilium; lower plumage whitish, suffused with brown on the sides of the neck, breast, body, and under tail-coverts.

Iris dull brown; bill yellow; legs fleshy-white (Wardlaw Ramsay).

Length about 4.5; tail 1.8 ; wing 2; tarsus .8; bill from gape .6.

Distribution. Sikhim and the Bhutan Doars, extending to the hill-ranges east of Toungngoo and to the Salween valley in Tenasserim.

Habits, &c. Breeds in Sikhim in May and June, laying four eggs in a cup-shaped nest made of grass, and built on the ground. The eggs do not appear to be known.

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

Pale Bush-Warbler (Horornis pallidus)

Horeites pallidus, (Brooks), Hume, Rough Draft N. & E. no. 527 bis.

The Pale Bush-Warbler breeds in Kashmir, according to Mr. Brooks, during May. I know nothing either of the bird or its nidification myself. I have never even closely examined a specimen, and merely accept the species on Mr. Brooks's authority. He tells me that he found a nest on the 25th May at Kangan in Kashmir.

Mr. Brooks writes: "The nest of Horornis pallidus, which I found near Kangan in Kashmir, up the Sind Valley, was placed in tangled brushwood, and about five feet above the ground. It was on a slightly sloping bank, and close to the edge of a patch of jungle, not far from the right bank of the river.

"It was composed of coarse dry grass externally, with fine roots and fibres towards the inside of the nest, and was profusely lined with feathers. It was large for the bird, being 7 or 8 inches in external diameter, of a globular form, with the entrance at the side. I don't remember the size of the cavity of the nest, but its walls were very thick.

"In external appearance it was rough and clumsy, and looked more like a Sparrow's nest than that of a small Sylvine bird. The entrance was about 1¾ inch in diameter, and was with the interior of the nest neat and strong. Horornis pallidus occurs at from 5600 feet elevation up to 7000 and even 8000 feet. It was abundant at Suki up the Bhagirutti Valley, and I heard of one even at Gangotri."

The shape of the egg is peculiar, being rather flattened in outline at the sides and then suddenly rounded at the smaller end. There is a considerable amount of gloss on the surface, which is of a dull purple-brown, rather darker in tint at the large end. There are a very few indistinct cloudy markings of brown scattered here and there over the egg. In general appearance the egg puts one in mind of a Prinia's.

The egg measured 0·64 by 0·49.

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

Pale Bush-Warbler (Horornis pallidus)

450. Horornis pallidus.

The Pale Bush- Warbler.

Horeites pallidus, Brooks, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 78 (1872) ; Hume, N. & E. p. 330; id. Cat. no. 627 bis; id. S. F. xi, p. 206. Horornis pallidus (Brooks), Brooks, S. F. iii, p. 241; Oates in Hume's N. & E. 2nd ed. i, p. 280.

Coloration. Upper plumage dull olive-brown, brighter and tinged with rufous on the margins of the wing- and tail-feathers ; lores and behind the eye dark brown; a distinct supercilium, pale buff; sides of the head mixed brown and grey; lower plumage greyish white ; the sides of the body, vent, and under tail-coverts fulvous.

Iris hazel-brown ; bill light brown ; lower mandible paler except the tip ; legs, toes, and claws light fleshy-brown {Brooks).

Length rather more than 5; tail 2.2; wing 2.2 ; tarsus .9; bill from gape .5.

Distribution. Throughout Kashmir and Hazara, and extending along the Himalayas as far as the Bhagirathi valley, Garhwal. Hume records this species from Shillong, but probably by an oversight, for this is a most unlikely locality, and the statement is not supported by any specimen in the Hume Collection.

Habits, &c. Brooks states that this bird's song is a strange prolonged whistle with a sudden turn at the end, the second strain consisting of five or six notes in a different key; after a short silence the long whistle is begun again. He describes a nest which he found in Kashmir in May as being globular and composed of coarse dry grass, lined profusely with feathers; it was placed on a sloping bank. An egg it contained was a dull purple-brown, and measured .64 by .49.

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

Osmaston's Bush-Warbler (Horornis pallidipes osmastoni)

(914) Horornis pallidipes osmastoni.

Osmaston's Bush-Warbler.

Horeites pallidipes osmastoni Hartert, Bull. B. O. C, xxi. p. 107 (1908) (Andamans).

Vernacular names. None recorded.

Description. Differs from Blanford's Bush-Warbler in being a darker, richer brown above, more rufous, less olive; the flanks and sides of the breast are washed with richer, more ochre brown,. and the centre of the abdomen is a purer white.

Colours of soft parts as in the last bird.

Measurements. Wing 51 to 53 mm.; tail 36 to 37 mm.; tarsus about 21 mm.; culmen 12 mm.

Distribution. Andamans only.

Nidification. Not recorded.

Habits. A resident bird in the Andamans and, according to Mr. B. B. Osmaston, its discoverer, a shy skulking bird very difficult to observe, loth to fly and keeping to dense undergrowth in forest. Its call he describes as a rapid succession of three or four loud high notes, evidently very similar to that of Blanford's Bush-Warbler.

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

Blanford's Bush-Warbler (Horornis pallidipes pallidipes)

(913) Horornis pallidipes pallidipes.

Blanford's Bush-Warbler.

Phylloscopus pallidipes Blanf., J. A. S. B.; xii, 2, p. 162 (1872) (Sikkim). Horornis pallidipes. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 437 (part.).

Vernacular names. Daotisha gashim (Cachari).

Description. Whole upper plumage olive-brown; the feathers of the wing edged with slightly more rufous-brown; a pale buff supercilium from the nostrils to the nape; lores and a line behind the eye dark brown; sides of the head and ear-coverts fulvous; lower plumage dull white, suffused with brown on the sides of the neck, breast and flanks; under tail-coverts brownish white: under wing-coverts and axillaries white.

Colours of soft parts. Iris brown; bill pale horny, darker on the culmen; legs and feet yellowish white or fleshy-white.

Measurements. Total length about 115 mm.; wing 47 to 54 mm.; tail 40 to 49 mm.; tarsus about 20 mm.; culmen about 10 to 11 man.

Distribution. Sikkim to Eastern Assam, North and South of the Brahmaputra; Manipur, Chin and Kachin Hills and Mountains of Burma as far South as Tounghoo. There is also a specimen from China in the British Museum collection, labelled " Macou, S. China.''

Nidification. This bird breeds throughout its range between 4,000 and 7,000 feet during May and June and Mr. H. Stevens took its nest in the Rangbong Valley, Sikkim, at about 9,000 feet. The nest is like that of H. pallidus, but rather neater and smaller and sometimes deep cup-shaped rather than domed. The eggs number three or four and vary from purplish brick-colour with deeper markings in a cap or ring at the larger end to uniform deep purplish chocolate. Forty eggs average 17.1 x 13.1 mm.: maxima 18.2 X 13.1 and 17.3 x 14.0 mm.: minima 16.0 x 12.4 mm.

Habits. Those of the genus. In the Assam Hills I never came , across this Bush-Warbler in the very hot humid valleys at a little over 3,000 feet, sometimes frequented by H. fortipes and it seemed almost entirely restricted to the forests near the peaks, which were not quite so dense underneath and were not so hot. At the same time in the intermediate areas both birds might sometimes be found quite close together.

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

Pale Bush-Warbler (Horornis pallidus pallidus)

(912) Horornis pallidus pallidus.

The Pale Bush-Warbler.

Horeites pallidus Brooks, J. A. S. B., xli, p. 78 (1872) (Kashmir). Horornis pallidus. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 436.

Vernacular names. None recorded.

Description. Upper plumage olive-brown, the wing- and tail-feathers edged with brighter, more rufous-brown; a supercilium pale buffy-yellow, almost white; lores and a line through the eye dark brown; sides of the head mottled grey and pale brown; lower plumage dull greyish, the abdomen paler and tinged with yellow; the flanks and under tail-coverts fulvous-brown; axillaries and under wing-coverts pale yellowish white.

Colours of soft parts. Iris hazel to dark brown; bill horny-brown above, below fleshy-horny tipped darker; legs and feet pale fleshy or yellowish horny.

Measurements. Wing 55 to 58 mm.; tail 46 to 51 mm.; tarsus about 22 mm.; culmen about 9 to 10 mm.

Distribution. Throughout the N.W. Himalayas as far East as Garhwal. Hume's record of this bird from Shillong is probably due to H. pallidipes having been mistaken for it. In several years' stay in the Khasia Hills I never came across it, whereas H. pallidipes was not rare.

Nidification. The Pale Bush-Warbler breeds throughout the North-West Himalayas between 7,000 and 10,000 feet, possibly sometimes down as low as 5,000 feet, during May and June. The nest is domed and round in shape, very untidy and large for the size of the bird. It is made outwardly of coarse grasses, inwardly of finer grasses with a dense lining of feathers, and is invariably placed low down in thick bushes. The eggs are nearly always four in number and are, like those of other species of this genus, a deep chocolate in colour, sometimes rather paler with deeper mottling at the larger end. Twenty-three eggs average 17.3 x 13.1 mm.

Habits. In Summer found between 5,000 and 10,000 feet, in Winter it wanders down to some 3,000 feet. It keeps closely to dense cover and, although it is an active little bird, constantly on the move, it is difficult to watch. The notes consist of four or five very loud clear whistles rapidly repeated and very like in character those of H. fortipes. Davidson records hearing this bird at 3,000 feet in the Jhelum Valley; possibly this may have been H. fortipes but so accurate a field-naturalist is hardly likely to have been mistaken.

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

Homochlamys pallidipes osmastoni

Homochlamys pallidipes osmastoni Hartert.

Horeites pallidipes osmastoni Hartert, Bull. B. O. C, vol. xxi, p. 107, 1908 : Andamans.

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

Homochlamys pallidipes pallidipes

Homochlamys pallidipes Blanford.

Homochlamys pallidipes pallidipes Blanford.

Phylloscopus pallidipes Blanford, J. A. S. B., vol. xli, pt. ii, pi. vii, fig. 1, June 25, 1872: Sikkim.

Horeites sericea Walden in Birth's Birds of Burma, p. 119, Aug. 27, 1875: Karen Hills, Burma. .

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

Homochlamys pallidus pallidus

Homochlamys pallidus Brooks.

Homochlamys pallidus pallidus Brooks.

Horeites pallidus Brooks, P. A. S. B., 1871, p. 210; Kashmir.

Museum Collections

Number of Museum Specimen Records Found : 9 for Cettia pallidipes

No.	Museum	Species	Collection Deatils	Collector	Date of Collection	Record	Locality	GBIF Portal Link
1	National Chemical Laboratory	Cettia pallidipes osmastoni	NCL INDOBIS-DATASET1 64460			Unknown	Andaman Islands India Southern Asia	Link
2	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Cettia pallidipes pallidipes	UMMZ Bird 185880	Koelz, Walter N	1950-09-25 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Karong Manipur India Southern Asia	Link
3	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Cettia pallidipes pallidipes	UMMZ Bird 185879	Koelz, Walter N	1950-10-20 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Karong Manipur India Southern Asia	Link
4	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Cettia pallidipes pallidipes	UMMZ Bird 185878	Koelz, Walter N	1950-10-22 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Karong Manipur India Southern Asia	Link
5	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Cettia pallidipes pallidipes	UMMZ Bird 185881	Koelz, Walter N	1951-05-04 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Laikul Cachar Assam India Southern Asia	Link
6	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Cettia pallidipes pallidipes	UMMZ Bird 185875	Koelz, Walter N	1952-02-13 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Menoka Kawrup District Assam India Southern Asia	Link
7	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Cettia pallidipes pallidipes	UMMZ Bird 185876	Koelz, Walter N	1952-02-15 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Menoka Kawrup District Assam India Southern Asia	Link
8	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Cettia pallidipes pallidipes	UMMZ Bird 185874	Koelz, Walter N	1952-02-20 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Menoka Kawrup District Assam India Southern Asia	Link
9	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Cettia pallidipes pallidipes	UMMZ Bird 185877	Koelz, Walter N	1952-02-21 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Menoka Kawrup District Assam India Southern Asia	Link

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University of Michigan Museum of Zoology ( 8 Records )

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