Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea

Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea

Slaty-bellied Tesia, Mo Chu Valley, Punakha, Bhutan, March 2008 - click for larger image

Mo Chu Valley, Punakha, Bhutan
March 2008

The Slaty-bellied Tesia is distributed from eastern Nepal through the Himalayas to south China and south to northern Myanmar, Thailand and Indochina.

It is found in dense undergrowth of evergreen forest normally close to water and is usually very difficult to see far less photograph. Although these photos are not great there aren't too many photos of this species.

It is a small, mainly ground-dwelling warbler with an extremely short tail and long legs. The crown and nape are yellowish green and the remaining upperparts are a duller olive-green. Underparts are slaty-grey and the bill is dark brown above but bright orange on the lower mandible as can be seen in photo 2.

There are recordings on xeno-canto and additional material is available via Avibase.

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