CETTI’S WARBLER

13 TO 14 CMS. FROM BILL TO TAIL.IT HAS A ROUNDED HEAD WITH A NARROW PALE-GREY STRIPE ARCHING OVER CONSPICUOUS BLACK EYES AND SHORT ROUNDED WINGS.THEY ARE RICH CHESTNUT OR DARK REDDISH-BROWN COLOUR ON THE UPPER PARTS.THEY ARE PALE-GREY ON THE THROAT AND STOMACH WITH LONGER AND BROADER TAIL THAN MANY OTHER WARBLERS.BOTH SEXES LOOK ALIKE.CETTI’S WARBLER USUALLY INHABITS DAMP AREAS INCLUDING PONDS,LAKES,MARSHES AND RIVERS.IT IS INSECTIVOROUS.THEY PREY ON ARTHROPODS,SUCH AS SMALL SOFT BODIED INSECTS AND LARVAE.THEY PREFER TINY INSECTS BECAUSE THEY CAN DIGEST THEM FASTER.

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