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©www.ogaclicks.com Phylloscopus Warbler Artic Warbler Identification Tips

Artic Warbler: Phylloscopus borealis - Vagrant in India

broad dark olive-green eyestripe extending to rear of ear-coverts Crown and upperparts greyish olive-green Bill dark brown, orange / yellowish-orange base of lower mandible

Darker long eyestripe (to base of bill) Greyish wash and streaks on Distinctive wingbar breast-side and flanks

Legs pale yellowish to orange-brown.

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Ashy-throated Warbler Identification Tips

Ashy-throated Warbler : Phylloscopus maculipennis - Resident of Himalayas and North East India

Nape side dark grey-green Scapulars and upperwing-coverts Whitish or greyish-white crownstripe to bright green centre of nape long dark brown eyestripe White in outer tail

Long white supercilium Deeper yellowish wingbars

Bill black, base of lower mandible yellowish or flesh-coloured Underparts bright yellow; Upper breast pale grey

Legs yellowish to pinkish-brown ©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Black-faced Warbler Identification Tips

Black-faced Warbler : Abroscopus schisticeps - Resident of Uttarakhand, Sikkim, North West Bengal

Crown, nape and side of neck grey Bold yellow supercilia meeting on forehead Black lores Black ear-coverts

Flesh-coloured lower mandible and cutting edges of upper Upperparts olive-green, mandible, remainder of upper mandible medium brown

Throat is bright yellow Yellowish-olive on breast

Legs pale, fleshy-brown / greyish-brown

Underparts White

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Blyth's Leaf Warbler Identification Tips Blyth's Leaf Warbler : Phylloscopus reguloides - Resident of Central Himalayas in North India (Kumaon) ; Winter visitor to North East India

Broad yellowish-olive central crownstripe long pale yellow supercilium bordered by dark olive sides

Dark olive lores and eyestripe

Maxilla dark, Upperparts mandible yellowish, olive-green pale orange-yellow or pink

Throat is Whitish Two broad wingbars Underparts White tinged yellow

Legs greenish / bluish green to yellow

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Broad-billed Warbler Identification Tips Broad-billed Warbler : Tickellia hodgsoni - Resident of North East India (Eastwards to Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, S Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur and Mizoram)

Forehead and crown are chestnut Light grey supercilium Dark grey stripe through eye, Upperparts olive, becoming Bill dark horn, pale brighter green on rump yellow base of lower mandible

Throat and Breast light grey

Underparts olive-washed yellow Legs are pale yellowish-flesh

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Brooks's Leaf Warbler Identification Tips Brooks's Leaf Warbler : Phylloscopus subvirdis - Resident of North West India (Punjab East to West Uttar Pradesh) Golden-yellow supercilia becoming whiter Pale yellow central crownstripe behind eye to rear of ear-coverts Yellowish cheek and Lores and narrow ear-coverts eyestripe dull olive Upperparts olive-green

bill brown / dark brown, yellow at base of lower mandible Two broad wingbars Throat and Breast dull yellowish-white

Underparts dull yellowish-white Legs are dark brown

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Buff-barred Warbler Identification Tips Buff-barred Warbler : Phylloscopus pulcher - Resident of Central & East Himalayas eastwards to North East India ; Winter visitor to lower altitudes in the Himalayas and South Assam hills

Pale yellow supercilium from lores to ear-coverts crown to nape dark olive with vestigial central crownstripe Dark olive eyestripe

Upperparts olive-green Bill black, yellow to horn base of lower mandible

Throat and Breast dull yellowish-white Two broad wingbars

Legs are brown or pinkish-brown Underparts dull yellow

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Buff-throated Warbler Identification Tips

Buff-throated Warbler : Phylloscopus subaffinis - Vagrant in India

yellowish-buff supercilium Crown to nape grey-brown, tinged olive-green Dark eyestripe

Upper mandible dark horn- Dusky ear-coverts Upperparts grey-brown, brown with yellow cutting tinged olive-green or edges, lower mandible with yellowish (in fresh plumage) yellow base and dark tip

Throat and Breast buffish or yellowish-buff

Legs are dark brown

Underparts buffish or yellowish-buff

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Claudia's Leaf Warbler Identification Tips Claudia's Leaf Warbler : Phylloscopus claudiae - Winter visitor to North East India (Khasi Hills and Manipur)

Broad pale greenish central crownstripe, bordered by dark olive crown-sides Pale yellow supercilium becoming whiter at rear

Thin blackish-olive loral line broader eyestripe

Maxilla dark, mandible pale Upperparts bright olive orange-yellow or green pink

Two broad wingbars Throat and Breast whitish, faintly tinged with yellow Legs are greenish /bluish green to Underparts whitish, yellow / pinkish faintly tinged with yellow

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Common Chiffchaff Identification Tips Common Chiffchaff : Phylloscopus collybita - Widespread Winter visitor to India except the Southern Peninsular area

Broad pale greenish central crownstripe, whitish-yellow supercilium bordered by dark olive crown-sides Dark eyestripe

Bill is dark brown to Ear-coverts uniform olive-brown blackish Prominent whitish half eyering

Upperparts olive green tinged dull brown Breast and flanks washed or streaked with yellow Axillaries are lemon-yellow (usually protruding visibly at bend of closed wing)

Legs are Black to blackish-brown Underparts dull white or off-white

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Dusky Warbler Identification Tips Dusky Warbler: Phylloscopus fuscatus - Winter Visitor to North East India and Andaman Islands

Long white or whitish-buff supercilium (buff behind eye)

Broad pale greenish central crownstripe, Broad dark eyestripe bordered by dark olive crown-sides Ear-coverts are buffish-tinged deep brown

Bill is dark brown, pale yellowish base and edges of lower mandible

Upperparts dark narrow whitish half brown eyering Breast and flanks washed yellowish-buff to buff-brown

Legs are dark brown to horn-brown to dull Underparts greyish-white orange or pale yellow

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Green Warbler Identification Tips Green Warbler : Phylloscopus trochiloides nitidus - Winter visitor in South India (Western Ghats, Kerala, Tamil Nadu) Long deep yellow supercilium extending beyond rear of ear-coverts

Long dark olive eyestripe Ear-coverts are bright yellow, upper mandible dark horn, lower mandible bright orange, yellow or pinkish

Upperparts bright narrow whitish half olive-green eyering Breast and flanks washed yellow

Legs are dark brown to horn-brown to dull Underparts whitish orange or pale yellow washed with yellow

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Greenish Warbler Identification Tips Greenish Warbler : Phylloscopus trochiloides - Central & East Himalayas from North West India (Punjab) Eastwards ; Winter visitor in North East India (North Eastern Ghats, South Assam) and Andaman islands. Tail brown with bright olive-green edges Yellowish-white supercilium Upperparts Dull and Brown Dark olive-green crown bill dark horn-brown, base of lower mandible yellow, orange or pinkish-orange Single Wingbar

Grey on throat, side of breast and flanks

Legs are grey-brown to brown or dark brown Underparts are yellowish- white

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Grey-hooded Warbler Identification Tips Grey-hooded Warbler : Phylloscopus xanthoschistos - Resident in Himalayas and North East Indian hills

Medium-grey hood extending to ear-coverts and mantle

Darker grey lateral Greyish-white supercilium crownstripe Dark grey eyestripe

Upper mandible dark Whitish broken eyering brown, lower mandible Upperparts olive- fleshy-orange green, washed yellow

Throat is canary-yellow

Washed olive on breast sides and flanks

Legs are fleshy-yellow to brown, soles paler Underparts are canary- yellow

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Hume's Leaf Warbler Identification Tips Hume's Leaf Warbler : Phylloscopus humei - Resident of North East India; Winter visitor in North, Central & East India

Crown olive-green, tinged with grey , indistinct grey median stripe Pale or dull buffish supercilium Dark eyestripe

Bill is black, base of lower mandible with Upperparts olive- small area of pale or green, tinged with dull orange grey

Greyish on throat Two small wingbars Greyish on breast

Legs are dull brown or tinged orange

Underparts are Whitish

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Large-billed Leaf Warbler Identification Tips Large-billed Leaf Warbler : Phylloscopus magnirostris - Winter visitor in South India (Western Ghats)

Crown dark olive green long yellowish-white supercilium (mostly white at rear) Dark eyestripe Large bill with small hook at tip of upper mandible. Bill is brown, base of Upperparts dark lower mandible greenish-olive, yellowish to orange or pale pink

Flanks washed with olive-grey Two small white or yellowish-white wingbar

Legs are blue-grey, grey-brown or pink Underparts are greyish or yellowish-white

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Lemon-rumped Warbler Identification Tips Lemon-rumped Warbler : Phylloscopus chloronotus - Resident of Central & East Himalayas; Winter visitor in foothills at lower altitudes S to S Assam hills (NE India)

Ear-coverts pale Rectrices dark buffish or buffish brown-grey with Supercilium is pale dingy buffish- white yellowish-green yellow, becoming whitish Dark brown-grey outer edges posteriorly eyestripe with downward “hook” Pale yellow or Pale buffish or whitish median at rear crownstripe with dark olive-tinged yellowish-white brown-grey lateral crownstripe rump Upperparts Greyish Green Bill is blackish, mandible with Two small white / brownish-yellow or yellowish-white pale orange base wingbar

Legs are dark brown-grey/pinkish grey

Underparts are pale buffish white or Reference : Birds of Indian Subcontinent yellowish white ©www.ogaclicks.com Inskipp and Grimmett Lemon-rumped Warbler Identification Tips : P.c simlaensis Lemon-rumped Warbler : Phylloscopus chloronotus simlaensis - Resident of West Himalayas Eastwards

Ear-coverts pale Rectrices dark buffish or buffish brown-grey with Supercilium is pale dingy buffish- white yellowish-green yellow, becoming whitish Dark brown-grey outer edges posteriorly eyestripe with downward “hook” Pale yellow or at rear yellowish-white Paler and greener lateral rump crownstripe Upperparts Greyish Green Bill is blackish, mandible with Two small white brownish-yellow or / yellowish-white pale orange base wingbar

Legs are dark brown-grey/pinkish grey Underparts are More buffish Difference from Nominate Reference : Birds of Indian Subcontinent ©www.ogaclicks.com Inskipp and Grimmett Mandelli's Leaf warbler Identification Tips Mandelli's Leaf warbler : Phylloscopus humei mandellii - Winter visitor in North East India (Meghalaya and South Assam hills)

Crown is grey , indistinct grey median stripe Dull yellowish-white supercilium Dark eyestripe

Upperparts are darker olive-green,

Bill is black Greyish on throat one visible wingbar Dull yellowish-white on flanks

Legs are dull brown or tinged orange

Underparts are dull yellowish-white

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Mountain Chiffchaff Identification Tips Mountain Chiffchaff : Phylloscopus sindianus - Resident of North West India (Ladakh East to North Himachal Pradesh); Winter visitor to North Central India (Haryana and West Uttar Pradesh

Crown dark olive green Whitish supercilia meeting over base of bill and extending back to rear of ear-coverts Dark eyestripe across lores Bill is blackish, yellowish-brown Grey-brown ear-coverts base of lower Upperparts pale mandible brown, tinged grey- brown

Tail feathers dark brown, finely edged olive-brown Buff to warm brown (in fresh plumage) breast side and flanks

Legs are black

Underparts are whitish

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Identification Tips Pale-legged Leaf Warbler : Phylloscopus tenellipes - Vagrant in India

Crown brown to Long creamy or buffish in front of eye grey-brown supercilium Upperparts are Olive Brown Long dark brown eye strip

Ear-coverts mottled pale and dark bill is brown, with flesh-pink edges of upper mandible and base of lower mandible

Throat is whitish

Washed brownish on flanks

Legs are pale pink, greyish to pale bluish Underparts are whitish

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Plain Leaf Warbler Identification Tips Plain Leaf Warbler : Phylloscopus neglectus - Winter visitor to North West India

Inconspicuous pale buffish- cream supercilium Narrow dark eyestripe

Narrow lower white eyering Bill dark brown, paler horn-brown base of Pale buffish-brown lower mandible ear-coverts Upperparts are grey-brown

Washed with buff-brown on side of breast and flanks

Legs are dark grey or blackish Underparts are dull whitish

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Radde's Warbler Identification Tips Radde's Warbler : Phylloscopus schwarzi - Vagrant in India

Long, broad supercilium is buffish, becoming creamy white to rear of ear-coverts, has dark upper border

Dark brown lores and eyestripe Upper mandible brown or dark brown, lower mandible pale Ear-coverts speckled with dark and pale brown yellowish or fleshy- Upperparts are brownish-olive coloured

Washed with buff on side of breast

Washed with buff on side of flanks

Legs are yellowish to orange or bright yellowish-brown Underparts are dull whitish to whitish-yellow

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Rufous-faced Warbler Identification Tips Rufous-faced Warbler : Abroscopus albogularis - Resident of North East India (Eastwards to Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Manipur) Cinnamon-rufous supercilium Central crown and nape buffy olive Bold black lateral band at side of crown, widening Maxilla medium brown towards nape side with flesh-coloured Upperparts are olive-green cutting edges, mandible flesh- Whitish-yellow rump coloured patch

Chin is whitish Throat is Blackish flecked and streaked with white Chest is light yellow

Fore-flanks are light yellow

Legs are pale, fleshy brown or yellowish brown Underparts are silky white

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Smoky Warbler Identification Tips Smoky Warbler : Phylloscopus fuligiventer - Resident of Himalayas of Uttarakhand; Winter visitor to foothills of North & North East India Dull whitish or whitish-buff to yellowish supercilium extending to above ear-coverts

Bill brown to brownish- Broad blackish eyestripe horn, yellowish base of lower mandible Dull buffish-brown cheek and ear-coverts

Prominent half-crescent Upperparts are uniformly sooty around lower eye brown Throat is dingy yellow centre of throat

Breast and belly are dingy Yellow

Legs are pale brownish-black Underparts are dull buffish- brown (worn plumage becomes greyer)

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Sulphur-bellied Warbler Identification Tips Sulphur-bellied Warbler : Phylloscopus griseolus - Resident of North West India (Himachal Pradesh); winter visitor to Central India (East Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Bengal Southwards to North Karnataka and North Andhra Pradesh). Long bright yellow supercilium from base of bill to above ear-coverts, brightest above eye

Upper mandible blackish, Long dark brown eyestripe (broadest over ear-coverts) lower mandible Washed olive-buff on yellowish to pale brown cheek and ear-coverts with dark brown tip Upperparts are cold brown, lacking any olive tones

Throat is bright lemon- yellow

Breast paler and washed with buff Flanks are paler and washed with buff Legs are yellowish-brown or greenish-yellow to olive-brown Underparts are bright lemon- yellow

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Tickell's Leaf Warbler Identification Tips Tickell's Leaf Warbler : Phylloscopus affinis - Resident of Central & East Himalayas to North East India; Winter visitor at lower altitudes Southwards to South India Long supercilium is pale yellow, becoming whiter over ear-coverts Crown is grey-brown, tinged olive- green or yellowish Dark eyestripe

Upper mandible Yellowish on cheek and brown, lower ear-coverts mandible yellow Upperparts are grey-brown, tinged olive-green or yellowish Throat is pale yellow or lemon-yellow

Breast is pale yellow or lemon-yellow Flanks have buffish tinge

Legs are dark brown to yellowish- Underparts are paler yellow brown

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Two-barred Warbler Identification Tips Two-barred Warbler : Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus - Vagrant in India

yellowish-white supercilium Dark olive-green crown Upperparts dark Dark eyestripe olive-green

upper mandible brown, lower mandible yellow to pinkish Two clear wingbars Throat is washed with grey Breast is washed with grey

Flanks is washed with grey Underparts are whitish Legs are dull reddish-brown to grey-brown or bluish-grey

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Tytler's Warbler Identification Tips

Tytler's Warbler : Phylloscopus tytleri - Winter visitor to South West India (Western Ghats Southwards to Kerala and West Tamil Nadu)

Crown greyish-green with Long whitish or yellowish-white supercilium pronounced brownish tinge (greyer Dark olive lores and broad eyestripe in worn plumage) Yellowish-green cheek and ear-coverts Bill mainly dark horn, dusky-horn base of lower mandible Upperparts greyish-green with pronounced brownish Throats are dirty white or tinge (greyer in worn greyish-white (whiter in plumage plumage) worn) Whitish or creamy half eyering

Yellowish wash on belly

Flanks is washed Yellowish Underparts are dirty white or greyish-white (whiter in Legs are dark olive-brown plumage worn)

Western Crowned Warbler : Phylloscopus occipitalis - Resident of Kashmir eastwards to North India (Uttarakhand ); Winter visitor to peninsular India (Western Ghats and hills of Central India and Eastern Ghats)

Yellowish-grey median crownstripe Long pale yellow supercilium (often indistinct), dusky olive side of crown Dark olive lores and eyestripe

Upperparts greyish-green

Bill is brown, orange- yellow base of lower mandible Two clear Whitish or creamy half eyering wingbars

Throats are whitish, suffused with grey

Traces of yellow on breast and belly Underparts are whitish, Legs are grey or slate-brown suffused with grey

Yellow-bellied Warbler: Abroscopus superciliaris flaviventris - Resident of North East India (Sikkim, North West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur)

Crown , forehead and nape Off-white supercilium extending well behind eye dark grey Dark lores and eyestripe

Grey or brownish-grey ear- coverts

Bill dark brown, Upperparts olive-green becoming flesh- coloured at base of lower mandible

Chin and throat off-white

Chest is yellow

Underparts are lemon-yellow Legs are pale, fleshy-brown or whitish-flesh

Difference from Nominate Reference : Birds of Indian Subcontinent ©www.ogaclicks.com Inskipp and Grimmett Yellow-browed Warbler Identification Tips

Yellow-browed Warbler : Phylloscopus inornatus - Winters in North East Indian Subcontinent

Pale median crownstripe, dull Long whitish supercilium olive-green crown Dark lores and eyestripe Upperparts bright olive-green

Bill is blackish, yellow base of lower mandible

Two clear wingbars Whitish or creamy half eyering

Pale yellowish wash on flanks

Legs are brown or olive-brown, Underparts are silky white tinged pinkish

Yellow-vented Warbler: Phylloscopus cantator - Resident of North East India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, North Cachar); Winter visitor to North East India

Long bright yellow Cheek and ear-coverts Blackish crown side, bright supercilium yellow, washed with olive yellow central crownstripe extending to nape Dark olive lores Upperparts are Grey-green and eyestripe

Bill is blackish, yellow base of lower Bright yellow mandible undertail-coverts

Upperwing (prominent yellow wingbar) Chin to upper breast bright Faint wingbar on yellow tips of median Greyish flanks coverts

Silky white lower breast Underparts are silky white Legs are pinkish or yellowish-brown

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Seicercus Warbler Chestnut-crowned Warbler Identification Tips - Nominate Chestnut-crowned Warbler: Seicercus castaniceps: Resident of North & North East India (extreme East Uttarakhand Eastwards to Arunachal Pradesh, also hills South of River Brahmaputra in Nagaland and Manipur) Crown is rufous-chestnut, Supercilium rufous-chestnut, Upper mandible dark Dark lateral crown-stripe blackening and brown, lower mandible broadening towards nape yellowish flesh Back and wings yellowish olive Whitish narrow Yellow rump eyering Throat is grey

Breast to uppermost belly grey Two yellow wing Underparts lemon-yellow, bars whitish at centre

Legs fleshy yellow, soles are white

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Green-crowned Warbler Identification Tips - Nominate Green-crowned Warbler : Seicercus burkii: Breeds in Himalayas from North India (Himachal Pradesh) ; Winter visitor to East India

Green median crownstripe, thin pale greyish streaks, black lateral crownstripe Lores indistinctly yellow-suffused, upper mandible blackish, lower mandible pale orange Green Ear-coverts Yellow eyering thinly broken at Upperparts are Green rear

Pale greenish suffusion in Flanks Underparts are bright yellow

Legs are pale greyish-pink

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Grey-cheeked Warbler Identification Tips - Nominate Grey- cheeked Warbler : Seicercus poliogenys : Resident of North East India (East Arunachal Pradesh,Nagaland Southwards to Mizoram and Meghalaya)

Lateral crownstripe dark grey contrasting poorly with rest of crown bill blackish, base of Grey Crown lower mandible pale greyish-pink Grey Ear-coverts Dull Grey Lores Yellow eyering Upperparts are Green thinly broken at rear Single Wingbar Greyish-white upper throat

Pale greenish suffusion in Flanks Underparts are bright yellow

Legs are greyish-pink or pale brownish

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Grey-crowned Warbler Identification Tips - Nominate Grey-crowned Warbler : Seicercus tephrocephalus : Resident of North East India (Nagaland, Mizoram)

Median crownstripe bright grey with very little or no greenish admixed Upper mandible blackish, Black lateral crownstripe lower mandible pale orange Greyish-green Ear-coverts Greyish-green Lores Upperparts are Green Yellow eyering thinly broken at Pale Wing bar rear

Pale greenish suffusion in Flanks Underparts are bright yellow

Legs are pale greyish-pink

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Whistler's Warbler Identification Tips - Nominate Whistler's Warbler : Seicercus whistleri : Resident of Himalayas and North East India (Arunachal Pradesh)

Median crownstripe green, with some thin pale greyish streaks Upper mandible blackish, Greyish-black lateral crownstripe lower mandible pale orange Greyish-green Ear-coverts

Greyish-green Lores Upperparts are Greyish -green Unbroken yellow eyering diffuse anteriorly above Pale Wing bar eye Pale greenish suffusion in Flanks

Underparts are bright yellow

Legs are pale greyish-pink

©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com Whistler's Warbler Identification Tips - S. w. nemoralis Whistler's Warbler : Seicercus whistleri nemoralis : Resident of North East India (Lushai Hills, in Mizoram; Naga Hills, in Nagaland)

Median crownstripe is Greener than Nominate , with some thin pale greyish streaks

Upper mandible blackish, lower mandible pale Dark black lateral crownstripe orange Greyish-green Ear-coverts

Greyish-green Lores Upperparts are Greyish -green Unbroken yellow eyering diffuse anteriorly above Pale Wing bar eye

Brown tinged Pale greenish suffusion in Flanks and Breast

Legs are pale greyish-pink Underparts are bright yellow

Difference from Nominate ©www.ogaclicks.com Reference : www.HBW.com White-spectacled Warbler Identification Tips - S. i. zosterops White-spectacled Warbler : Seicercus intermedius zosterops : Resident of East Himalayas from North East India (West Bengal Eastwards to South East Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, South Assam, Nagaland and Manipur); winter visitor at lower altitudes in same area “Bright” grey median crownstripe Green Lores Black lateral crownstripe

Upper mandible blackish, Grey upper Ear-coverts, lower ear-coverts lower mandible pale Greyish- green orange Upperparts are Greyish -green white eyering broken anteriorly above eye Pale Wing bar Yellow Throat

Pale greenish suffusion in Flanks

Legs are pale greyish-pink Underparts are bright yellow