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[[Image:Warbler8.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|scottishdude|scottishdude}}<br />Goa, [[India]], 12 March 2009]]
 
;[[:Category:Phylloscopus|Phylloscopus]] trochiloides
 
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[[Image:Greenish_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Marc Guyt<br>Photographed:  Happy Island, China]]
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==Identification==
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10–11·5 cm (4-4 ins)
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*Greyish-green (or dark green) upperparts
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*Off-white underparts
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*Long [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]] (from bill to nape)
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====Similar Species====
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[[Image:greenish_warbler_alok.JPG|thumb|400px|right|Nominate subspecies<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh, [[India]], 28 January 2015]]
  
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==Identification==
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It has a single wing bar unlike most similar species, except [[Arctic Warbler]], which is slightly larger and has a thicker bill.  
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This is a typical leaf-warbler in appearance, greyish-green above and off-white below. Its single wing bar distinguishes it from most similar species, except Arctic Warbler, Phylloscopus borealis. It is slightly smaller than that species and has a thinner bill, without a dark tip to the lower mandible. Its song is a high jerky trill.
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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The Greenish Warbler, Phylloscopus trochiloides, is a widespread leaf-warbler throughout its breeding range in northeast [[Europe]] and northern [[Asia]]. <br />This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in [[India]].<br />
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[[Europe]], [[Africa]] and [[Asia]]<br />
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'''Eastern Europe''': [[Scandinavia]] : [[Sweden]], [[Finland]], [[Denmark]]; [[Baltic States]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Belarus]], [[Poland]], [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Ukraine]]<br />
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'''Northern Africa''': occurs only in [[Egypt]]<br />
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'''Middle East''': [[Turkey]], [[Arabian Peninsula]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Kuwait]], [[Iran]] and [[Georgia]]<br />
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'''Asia''': [[Russia]], [[Siberia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Tibet]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands|Andaman]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]] and [[Korea]]<br />
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]] and [[Malay Peninsula]]
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This species occurs as a spring or early autumn vagrant in western Europe and is annual in [[Great Britain]].
 
This species occurs as a spring or early autumn vagrant in western Europe and is annual in [[Great Britain]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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It shows a bird of race plumbeitarsus.  This race plumbeitarsus has been elevated by one list (Howard & Moore) to specific status as Two-barred Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus. On the other hand, there are authorities who think that [[Green Warbler]] still should be a part of Greenish Warbler.
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[[Two-barred Warbler]] and [[Green Warbler]] are sometimes included in this species.
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====Subspecies====
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There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''P. t. viridanus'':
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:*North-eastern [[Europe]] to central [[Asia]] and [[Afghanistan]]; winters to southern [[India]]
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*''P. t. trochiloides'':
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:*[[Himalayas]] to [[Tibet]] and western [[China]]; winters northern India to [[Indochina]]
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*''P. t. ludlowi'':
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:*Western Himalayas (Gilgit and Kashmir to Kumaon); winters to southern India
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*''P. t. obscuratus'':
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:*North-western China to [[Tibet]]; winters to [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]] and Indochin
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Mixed birch woodland and conifer forests, both lowland and montane. Breeds up to heights around 4500 m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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It breeds in lowland deciduous or mixed forest. The nest is on the ground in low shrub. Like its relatives, this small passerine is insectivorous.
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This warbler is strongly migratory.
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This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in [[India]].
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====Breeding====
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It breeds in lowland forests. The nest is on the ground in low shrub.  
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====Diet====
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The diet consists mostly of insects.
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====Vocalisation====
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Its song is a high jerky trill.
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{{ Audio|Greenish Warbler Wawu.mp3 }}
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Recording by {{user|china+guy|china guy}}, Sichuan, [[China]], August 2011
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thOct24}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2015)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Phylloscopus+trochiloides}}
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{{GSearch|"Phylloscopus trochiloides" {{!}} "Greenish Warbler"}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Phylloscopus]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Phylloscopus]] [[Category:Bird Songs]]

Latest revision as of 15:42, 9 December 2024

Photo © by scottishdude
Goa, India, 12 March 2009
Phylloscopus trochiloides

Identification

10–11·5 cm (4-4 ins)

  • Greyish-green (or dark green) upperparts
  • Off-white underparts
  • Long supercilium (from bill to nape)

Similar Species

Nominate subspecies
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh, India, 28 January 2015

It has a single wing bar unlike most similar species, except Arctic Warbler, which is slightly larger and has a thicker bill.

Distribution

Europe, Africa and Asia
Eastern Europe: Scandinavia : Sweden, Finland, Denmark; Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Ukraine
Northern Africa: occurs only in Egypt
Middle East: Turkey, Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran and Georgia
Asia: Russia, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Andaman, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Korea
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Malay Peninsula

This species occurs as a spring or early autumn vagrant in western Europe and is annual in Great Britain.

Taxonomy

Two-barred Warbler and Green Warbler are sometimes included in this species.

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies[1]:

  • P. t. viridanus:
  • P. t. trochiloides:
  • P. t. ludlowi:
  • Western Himalayas (Gilgit and Kashmir to Kumaon); winters to southern India
  • P. t. obscuratus:

Habitat

Mixed birch woodland and conifer forests, both lowland and montane. Breeds up to heights around 4500 m.

Behaviour

This warbler is strongly migratory.

Breeding

It breeds in lowland forests. The nest is on the ground in low shrub.

Diet

The diet consists mostly of insects.

Vocalisation

Its song is a high jerky trill.
Recording by china guy, Sichuan, China, August 2011

References

  1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2015)

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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