Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler (Phylloscopus ruficapilla)

Other Scientific Names
Phylloscopus ruficapillus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Phylloscopus ruficapillus [Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993)]

Other Names (World)
Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler, Yellow-throated Wood Warbler, African Yellow-throated Warbler, Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler

Family
Phylloscopidae (Leaf-warblers)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sundevall, 1850)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From sea-level - 2,350 m.

Range (Guide)

Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (50)...)

Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler (Phylloscopus ruficapilla) [XC280553]
by Peter Boesman from Oribi gorge, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (song)

Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler (Phylloscopus ruficapilla) [XC429584]
by Frank Lambert from Vicongwa Camp area, Udzungwa NP, Iringa Region, Tanzania (song)

Subspecies
Has been placed in genus Seicercus. Forms a superspecies with Laura's Woodland-warbler (Phylloscopus laurae) and Red-faced Woodland-warbler (Phylloscopus laetus). Geographical variation broadly clinal. Birds from north-eastern South Africa (Soutpansberg and Drakensberg, in eastern Northern Province) named as subspecies ochraceiceps, but considered indistinguishable from nominate.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

ochrogularis (Moreau, 1941) - Western Tanzania (Mahari Mts).
minullus (Reichenow, 1905) - South-eastern Kenya (Taita Hills) and north-eastern and eastern Tanzania (south to Ulugurus).
johnstoni (Sclater, WL, 1927) - Southern Tanzania and Malawi south to north-eastern Zambia and north-western Mozambique.
quelimanensis (Vincent, 1933) - Northern Mozambique (Mt Namule).
alacris (Clancey, 1969) - Eastern Zimbabwe and western Mozambique (Mt Gorongoza).
ruficapilla (Sundevall, 1850) - Eastern South Africa (eastern northern Province south to KwaZulu-Natal), western Swaziland and eastern Lesotho.
voelckeri (Roberts, 1941) - Southern South Africa (southern western Cape eastern along coast to eastern Eastern Cape).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler (Phylloscopus ruficapilla) - 10 files

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