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''intricata'', and ''oblita'' should possibly belong with [[Sunda Bush-Warbler]]<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup> instead of Aberrant Bush-Warbler, however, that change has so far not been adopted by the major checklists.  
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''intricata'', and ''oblita'' should possibly belong with [[Sunda Bush-Warbler]]<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup> instead of Aberrant Bush-Warbler, however, that change has so far not been adopted by the major checklists.<br />
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Placed in genus [[:Category:Horornis|Horornis]] by Gill and Donsker.
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by range, the image should show a bird of subspecies intricata
Photo by China Guy
Location: Sichuan, China, January 2009
Cettia flavolivacea

Identification

A medium sized bush-warbler with short, rounded wings and average tail length, perhaps the most phylloscopus like shape wise in the region.

Distribution

India and China east to Vietnam and Thailand.

Taxonomy

Seven subspecies are recognized[1]:

  • C. f. flavolivacea :
  • C. f. intricata:
  • North-eastern Myanmar to north-western Thailand and south-western China (southern Shanxi, eastern Sichuan)
  • C. f. dulcivox:
  • Southern China (southern Sichuan to southern Yunnan)
  • C. f. stresemanni:
  • North-eastern India (Garo and Khasi hills of Assam)
  • C. f. weberi:
  • C. f. alexanderi:
  • C. f. oblita:

intricata, and oblita should possibly belong with Sunda Bush-Warbler[2] instead of Aberrant Bush-Warbler, however, that change has so far not been adopted by the major checklists.
Placed in genus Horornis by Gill and Donsker.

Habitat

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
  2. Thread in the Birdforum Taxonomy Forum.

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