Streaked Scrub Warbler

Маленькая, величиной с пеночку птичка сероватой или серовато-охристой окраски с продольными темными пестринами на светлой голове и с довольно длинным закругленным хвостом, который она часто держит кверху, как крапивник. Длина 9-10, размах около 15 см, масса 9-10 г.

Rare, in places fairly common breeding migrant. Inhabits patchy desert scrubs, clay desert with Salsola sp., wormwood, tamarisk scrubs, and stony slopes with dog-rose bushes and single apple trees. Breeding in separate pairs, which form in end February – early March, up to 1-1.5 km apart. Spherical nest is built in bush (in Kyzylkum prefers Salsola richteri) from dry grass, bast and hair lined with feathers, at 0.2-1 m above ground. Both partners build it for one – two weeks. Clutches of 4-6 eggs in mid-March – early June. Both parents incubate for 15-16 days, and feed juveniles, which fledge at 16-18 days old, in mid-April – July. Two or rare three broods reared per year, repeated breeding after loss of a nest is common. The second or third breeding attempt coincides with feeding juveniles of previous brood, which situated nearby. Latest records in early November.