Other Names (World)
Western Crowned Leaf-Warbler, Western Crowned-Warbler, Large Crowned Warbler, Large Crowned Leaf-warbler, Large Crowned Willow-warbler, Great Crowned Warbler, Great Crowned Leaf-warbler, Great Crowned Willow-warbler, Western Crowned Warbler
Afghanistan (B), Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia (Asian), South Korea, Taiwan (China), Tajikistan (B).
Breeds eastern Uzbekistan, western Tajikistan and northern and eastern Afghanistan and north-western Himalayas from north-western Pakistan (Chitral south to Murree Hills) and Kashmir east to northern India (Uttaranchal Pradesh). Non-breeding peninsular India (Gujarat south to Kerala, also Madhya Pradesh and Eastern Ghats) and Bangladesh.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Western Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus occipitalis) [XC817972]
by Sandip das from Nako Bus Stop (near Nako), Shimla Division, Himachal Pradesh, India (song)
Western Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus occipitalis) [XC296981]
by Viral joshi from Great Himalayan NP, Himachal Pradesh, India (call, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Close relationship to Blyth's Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus reguloides) is suggested by DNA studies.