White-spectacled Warbler (Phylloscopus intermedius)

Other Names (World)
White-spectacled Warbler, Allied Warbler, Allied Flycatcher-warbler

Family
Phylloscopidae (Leaf-warblers)

Size
10 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hodgson, 1854)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam.

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
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

White-spectacled Warbler (Phylloscopus intermedius) [XC780767]
by Dave GUO from Mount Lang Biang, L\u1ea1c D\u01b0\u01a1ng, L\u00e2m \u0110\u1ed3ng, Vietnam (call, song)

White-spectacled Warbler (Phylloscopus intermedius) [XC751285]
by Paul Lenrum\u00e9 from Wuyi Shan, Jiangxi, China (call)

Subspecies
Analyses of mitochondrial DNA suggest that this and Grey-cheeked Warbler (Phylloscopus poliogenys) are sister-species; that these two form a clade together with Apricot-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris buettikoferi) and Flame-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris solaris) and that some populations of subspecies intermedius are more closely related to subspecies ocularis than to other populations of their own subspecies. Further, subspecies ocularis is indistinguishable from nominate; recognized only provisionally, on basis of geographical isolation. Birds from eastern China (north-western Fujian) described as subspecies cognitus, but considered to represent a colour morph of intermedius.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

affinis (Moore, F, 1854) - Himalayas. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Tickell's Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus affinis).
ocularis (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) - Southern Vietnam.
intermedius (Hodgson, 1854) - Central and south-eastern China (Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Fujian, possibly also south-eastern Yunnan).
zosterops Elliott, A & del Hoyo, 2016 - Nepal to north-eastern India, northern Myanmar, south-western China, northern Laos and southern Vietnam.

References
See References.

Files:

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