Sulphur-breasted Warbler
Phylloscopus ricketti
Small leaf warbler with vivid yellow underparts and greenish upperparts. Readily distinguished from most other leaf warblers in range by bright coloration; Hartert’s can be similar but has a weaker brow pattern, is paler yellow on the underparts, and has a habit of shaking its wings--a habit lacking in Sulphur-breasted. Breeds in mixed hill forests but can turn up in a variety of wooded habitats on migration. Song is a series of bright, high-pitched accelerating notes. Call is a bright “pi-pew.”
Identification
The sulphur-breasted warbler (Phylloscopus ricketti) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. It breeds in China; it winters to Laos, Thailand and Cambodia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Taxonomy
Genus: Phylloscopus; Family: Phylloscopidae; Order: Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Phylloscopus ricketti
- Authority
- (Slater, HH, 1897)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Phylloscopidae
- Genus
- Phylloscopus
Range and habitat
Breeding range: OR : ec, s China. Non-breeding range: se Asia.
- Breeding range
- OR : ec, s China
- Non-breeding range
- se Asia
- Migration
- Complete migrants
Behavior
Migration pattern: Complete migrants.
Conservation
Population trend: stable.
- Population trend
- stable
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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