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Category:Seicercus - BirdForum Opus

Genus: Seicercus

Description

If recognized, this would be a genus of Warblers from Asia.

Taxonomy

Seicercus would be a genus in the family Phylloscopidae.
It was formerly placed in the family Sylviidae.

Seicercus is currently viewed as invalid and in need to be integrated into genus Phylloscopus where Grey-hooded Warbler was recently moved to.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Birdforum thread discussing a paper stating that Phylloscopus is not monoplyletic because Seicercus members are found among Phylloscopus in the phylogenetic tree.

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