Wildlifeof Nepal
Pale-footed Bush Warbler
Warblers & Cisticolas
Photo: Rongrong Angkaew · CC BY 4.0
Hemitesia pallidipes
Basic stats
Diet
Invertebrates; feeds on the lower half of grass reeds
Habitat
Grass and scrub from the foothills; woodland in China; up to 1,800m in Thailand
The pale-footed bush warbler is an oriental warbler of the family Cettiidae found in southern Asia. It also occurs in Myanmar, Laos, northern Vietnam and southern China (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is extremely shy and a great skulker, very hard to see even in the breeding season, which is May to July; it moves low through grass reeds, feeding on the lower half. Its loud, explosive song is the best sign of its presence. In Thailand its habitat is grassland and scrub from the foothills up to 1,800 m, and in China woodland up to 1,525 m (Wikipedia, general species account).
Quick answers
- What does the Pale-footed Bush Warbler eat?
- Invertebrates; feeds on the lower half of grass reeds
- What habitat does the Pale-footed Bush Warbler live in?
- Grass and scrub from the foothills; woodland in China; up to 1,800m in Thailand