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Mountain Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus) now includes Caucasian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus lorenzii) previously treated as distinct by Sibley and Monroe (1993).

Until recently was often treated as a subspecies of Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita). Subspecies lorenzii is treated by some authors as a separate species (Caucasian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus lorenzii)).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

• lorenzii (Lorenz, T, 1887)   -  Breeds Caucasus south to north-eastern Turkey and north-western Iran. Non-breeding at lower altitudes to southern Iran. Sometimes considered a distinct species, Caucasian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus lorenzii). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Caucasian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus lorenzii).
• sindianus Brooks, 1879   -  Breeds southern Tien Shan and from Tajikistan (Pamir-Alai Mts) east to Kunlun Shan and western Altun Shan, and south-east to Karakorum and north-western Himalayas in Pakistan (north-western Chitral, Gilgit, Baltistan) and north-western India (Ladakh east to northern Himachal Pradesh). Non-breeding mainly in southern Pakistan (Sind).

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