Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti

Cetti's Warbler, pronounced "Chetty's" and named after an Italian zoologist, is like an over-sized wren with plain brown plumage and a pale front. It is a shy bird, not often seen; it's explosive song is usually the only evidence that it is around.

It has ten tail feathers, unique for British song birds which usually have twelve, and lays red eggs. Above is the nominal UK Cetti's.

The photos in the row immediately above and those below are of the Kazakhstan subspecies, C. c. albiventris, slightly paler with a whiter underside, taken by Alexandra Makhnina in Kazakhstan.

Cetti's is native to much of Europe through to northwestern China and has 3 subspecies: the nominal European (includes NW Africa), Turkey to the Middle East, and the Central Asian shown.

The insectivorous bird usually frequents waterside habitat.