Eastern Bonelli's Warbler (Phylloscopus orientalis)

Other Names (World)
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler, Bonelli's Warbler

Family
Phylloscopidae (Leaf-warblers)

Size
11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Brehm, 1855)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry forest. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Albania (B), Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Bulgaria (B), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska), Cyprus (P), Egypt (P), Ethiopia (NB), Georgia, Greece (B), Israel (P), Jordan (B), Lebanon (B), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (P), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B), Malta (P), Montenegro (B), Romania (B), Saudi Arabia, Serbia (B), Sudan (NB), Syrian Arab Republic (P), Turkey (B).

Vagrant to Czech Republic, Eritrea, Finland, Netherlands, Oman, Slovenia, Ukraine, United Kingdom.

Breeds in south-eastern Europe from Croatia south to Albania, northern Greece, southern Romania, Bulgaria and western and south-western Turkey; isolated populations in Syria and Lebanon. Non-breeding eastern Africa (eastern Chad, south-central Sudan and Eritrea).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (57)...)

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler (Phylloscopus orientalis) [XC345304]
by Hans Groot from \u0130ncirk\u00f6y K\u00f6y\u00fc, Fethiye, Mu\u011fla, Turkey (call, song)

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler (Phylloscopus orientalis) [XC397132]
by Rob van Bemmelen from Lesvos, Mount Rondi, Lafonias, Greece (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Phylloscopus bonelli (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was split into Western Bonelli's Warbler (Phylloscopus bonelli) and Eastern Bonelli's Warbler (Phylloscopus orientalis) by AERC TAC (2003) (Sangster et al. 2002), but this treatment is not followed by the BirdLife Taxonomic Working Group, because although Sangster et al. (2002) argue that 'the calls of the allopatric bonelli and orientalis are completely diagnostic', Svensson (1999) state that in agitation both subspecies use the 'h�-if' call that is otherwise considered diagnostic of bonelli only. Given that the songs and morphology are very similar, and that the ranges of the two taxa show a close approach in Croatia, it seems wise at present to await further information from this region.

Was until recently treated as conspecific with Western Bonelli's Warbler (Phylloscopus bonelli), but the two differ in vocalizations (primarily in calls) and also exhibit small differences in mitochondrial DNA.

References
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