Layard's Warbler (Sylvia layardi)

Other Names (World)
Layard's Warbler, Layard's Tit-Babbler, Layard's Tit-Flycatcher, Layard's Tit-Warbler

Family
Sylviidae (Old World Warblers And Parrotbills)

Size
14 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartlaub, 1862)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A clear 'pee-pee-cheeri-cheeri', similar in quality to that of Chestnut-vented Warbler (Sylvia subcoerulea).

Subspecies
Formerly placed in genus Parisoma within babbler family (Timaliidae), but recent studies of morphology, behaviour, vocalizations and mitochondrial DNA indicate that it is better included in present genus.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

aridicola (Winterbottom, 1958) - South-western and southern Namibia and north-western and northern South Africa (north-western northern Cape east to North West Province and western Free State).
layardi (Hartlaub, 1862) - South-western South Africa from north-western northern Cape (Port Nolloth) south to western Cape.
subsolana (Clancey, 1963) - Great Karoo and Little Karoo (southern South Africa).
barnesi (Vincent, 1948) - Lesotho.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Layards Warbler (Sylvia layardi) - 10 files

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