Brooks's leaf warbler
Appearance
Brooks's leaf warbler | |
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Brooks's leaf warbler (above), and Hume's leaf warbler (below); illustration by Keulemans, 1881 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Phylloscopidae |
Genus: | Phylloscopus |
Species: | P. subviridis
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Binomial name | |
Phylloscopus subviridis (Brooks, 1872)
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Brooks's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus subviridis) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae.
Distribution and habitat
[edit]It is found in Afghanistan, India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, and Turkmenistan, but has been recorded only in northwestern India and Pakistan in present times. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests.
History
[edit]The Brooks's leaf warbler was described by ornithologist William Edwin Brooks, father of the Canadian bird illustrator Allan Brooks.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Phylloscopus subviridis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22715305A94448067. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715305A94448067.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- Brooks's Leaf Warbler 2010. [1]