Birds of Ladakh

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Common name:

Hume’s Leaf Warbler

Ladakhi name:

unknown

Scientific name:

Phylloscopus humei

Order:

Passeriformes

Family:

Phylloscopidae

fun facts:

The Hume’s Leaf Warbler is a migrant to Ladakh. The sexes look the same.

Allan Hume, who the bird is named after, was a British Civil Servant based in India.

It is one of the smallest Old World Warblers, with a buzzing and high-pitched song.