Sulphur-breasted Warbler (Phylloscopus ricketti)

Other Names (World)
Sulphur-breasted Warbler, Sulphur-breasted Leaf-warbler, Black-browed Warbler, Black-browed Leaf-warbler, Rickett's Warbler, Rickett's Leaf-warbler, Slater's Warbler, Slater's Leaf-warbler, Yellow-breasted Willow-warbler

Family
Phylloscopidae (Leaf-warblers)

Size
10 - 11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Slater, 1897)

Habitat
Temperate forest. Also, temperate shrubland, subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry shrubland.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland), Laos (P), Thailand, Vietnam.

Breeds central, southern and eastern China (southern Gansu and Sichuan east to Hubei and Fujian, south to Guizhou, northern Guangxi and eastern Guangdong), also central Laos and northern Vietnam (central Annam). Non-breeding also northern and eastern Thailand, southern Laos and northern Vietnam (western and eastern Tonkin, northern Annam).

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A melodious, descending 'sweety-sweety-sweety-swee'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

Sulphur-breasted Warbler (Phylloscopus ricketti) [XC884894]
by Nick Athanas from Fengxian Wetlands, Shanghai, China (song)

Sulphur-breasted Warbler (Phylloscopus ricketti) [XC251957]
by Mike Nelson from Huangshan Shi, Anhui Sheng, China (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Has sometimes been treated as conspecific with Yellow-vented Warbler (Phylloscopus cantator). Subspecies goodsoni of Blyth's Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus reguloides) was formerly placed with this species.

References
See References.

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