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[[Image:Pallass_or_Lemon-rumped_Leaf_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Dave Hawkins<br />Photo taken: Norfolk, England.]]
 
[[Image:Pallass_or_Lemon-rumped_Leaf_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Dave Hawkins<br />Photo taken: Norfolk, England.]]
'''Alternative name: Lemon-rumped Warbler'''
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'''Alternative name: Pallas's Warbler'''. In the past, Lemon-rumped Warbler has been used for this species but recently it is used for ''[[Phylloscopus chloronotus]]''.
 
;[[:Category:Phylloscopus|Phylloscopus]] proregulus
 
;[[:Category:Phylloscopus|Phylloscopus]] proregulus
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Greenish upperparts and off-white underparts, prominent double wing bars, supercilia and crown stripe, and a lemon-yellow rump.  
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Greenish upperparts and off-white underparts, prominent double light yellow wing bars, golden yellow supercilium, light yellow crown stripe, light yellow tertial tips, and (usually only visible in flight) a lemon-yellow rump. Frequently hovers while flycatching or picking insects off leaves, when the rump can be conspicuous.
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
It breeds in southern [[Siberia]], [[Mongolia]], and parts of [[Tibet]] and [[China]]. It is strongly migratory and winters in subtropical [[Asia]]. Prone to vagrancy as far as western [[Europe]] in late October and November, despite a 3000 km distance from its breeding grounds. For example, this species occurs in late autumn in [[Great Britain]] regularly enough that it is not classified as rare there. The closely related southern species, [[Pale-rumped Warbler]] ''P. chloronotus'', and [[Gansu Leaf Warbler]], ''P. kansuensis'', move to lower latitudes in winter, but do not migrate long distances.  
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It breeds in southern and eastern [[Siberia]] (Novosibirsk east to Vladivostock and Magadan), northern [[Mongolia]], and northeastern [[China]] (Heilongjiang, northeast Inner Mongolia). It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in subtropical southeast [[Asia]], from the Yangtze River in China south to [[Laos]] and northern [[Vietnam]].  
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Prone to vagrancy as far as western [[Europe]] from mid October to late November, the 5,000-6,000 km distance from its breeding grounds being little longer than that (3,500-4,500 km) to its normal wintering grounds. For example, it occurs in late autumn in [[Great Britain]] regularly enough (up to 300 per year) that it is not classified as rare there. This is now considered to be an evolving new migration route, with birds using the mild oceanic winters of western Europe as a new wintering area<sup>[[#References|[4]]]</sup>.
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Pallas's Leaf Warbler, [[Pale-rumped Warbler]], [[Chinese Leaf Warbler]], and [[Gansu Leaf Warbler]] were until recently united in the Pallas' Warbler sensu lato. Both Pallas's Leaf Warbler and Pale-rumped Warbler have been named '''Lemon-rumped Leaf Warbler''' but by different authorities; Lemon-rumped Leaf Warbler is therefore a name that is best avoided due to the possible confusion. The same could, however, be argued for both Pallas's Leaf Warbler and Phylloscopus proregulus, as both were used for the pre-split species. The gallery search below could therefore possibly find images named using the pre-split name but showing other members of the superspecies.
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Monotypic.
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Pallas's Leaf Warbler and its close relatives from the Sino-himalayan highland region, [[Lemon-rumped Warbler]] ''P. chloronotus'', [[Chinese Leaf Warbler]] ''P. yunnanensis'', and [[Gansu Leaf Warbler]] ''P. kansuensis'', were until recently treated as a single species, being split first on vocal, ecological and biogeographical grounds, the splits later confirmed from genetic data.  
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Likely in the future to be split out (with the above relatives, and [[Yellow-browed Warbler]] and allies) into a new genus ''Abrornis''<sup>[[#References|[5]]]</sup>
  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Coniferous mountain woodlands.  
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Breeds in coniferous (fir ''Abies'', larch ''Larix'', pine ''Pinus'', spruce ''Picea'') forests or mixed forests with a high proportion of conifers, from sea level to 1,700 m altitude. On migration and in winter in more varied forest and scrub habitats.
  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
The nest is built in a tree.  
 
The nest is built in a tree.  
  
Diet includes insects.
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Diet mainly small insects and spiders.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#{{Ref-HBWVol11}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker14V4.3}}#Gilroy, J. J., & Lees, A. C. (2003). Vagrancy theories: are autumn vagrants really reverse migrants? ''British Birds'' 96: 427-438.
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#[http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=3102482&postcount=38 Birdforum post] giving potential splits of the genus ''Phylloscopus''.
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|"Pallas's Leaf Warbler"}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Phylloscopus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Phylloscopus]]

Latest revision as of 22:24, 22 October 2022

Photo by Dave Hawkins
Photo taken: Norfolk, England.

Alternative name: Pallas's Warbler. In the past, Lemon-rumped Warbler has been used for this species but recently it is used for Phylloscopus chloronotus.

Phylloscopus proregulus

Identification

Greenish upperparts and off-white underparts, prominent double light yellow wing bars, golden yellow supercilium, light yellow crown stripe, light yellow tertial tips, and (usually only visible in flight) a lemon-yellow rump. Frequently hovers while flycatching or picking insects off leaves, when the rump can be conspicuous.

Distribution

It breeds in southern and eastern Siberia (Novosibirsk east to Vladivostock and Magadan), northern Mongolia, and northeastern China (Heilongjiang, northeast Inner Mongolia). It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in subtropical southeast Asia, from the Yangtze River in China south to Laos and northern Vietnam.

Prone to vagrancy as far as western Europe from mid October to late November, the 5,000-6,000 km distance from its breeding grounds being little longer than that (3,500-4,500 km) to its normal wintering grounds. For example, it occurs in late autumn in Great Britain regularly enough (up to 300 per year) that it is not classified as rare there. This is now considered to be an evolving new migration route, with birds using the mild oceanic winters of western Europe as a new wintering area[4].

Taxonomy

Monotypic.

Pallas's Leaf Warbler and its close relatives from the Sino-himalayan highland region, Lemon-rumped Warbler P. chloronotus, Chinese Leaf Warbler P. yunnanensis, and Gansu Leaf Warbler P. kansuensis, were until recently treated as a single species, being split first on vocal, ecological and biogeographical grounds, the splits later confirmed from genetic data.

Likely in the future to be split out (with the above relatives, and Yellow-browed Warbler and allies) into a new genus Abrornis[5]

Habitat

Breeds in coniferous (fir Abies, larch Larix, pine Pinus, spruce Picea) forests or mixed forests with a high proportion of conifers, from sea level to 1,700 m altitude. On migration and in winter in more varied forest and scrub habitats.

Behaviour

The nest is built in a tree.

Diet mainly small insects and spiders.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2006. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553064
  3. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  4. Gilroy, J. J., & Lees, A. C. (2003). Vagrancy theories: are autumn vagrants really reverse migrants? British Birds 96: 427-438.
  5. Birdforum post giving potential splits of the genus Phylloscopus.

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