Biology:Chestnut-crowned warbler

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Short description: Species of bird

Chestnut-crowned warbler
Chestnut-Crowned Warbler Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary Sikkim India 27.03.jpg
At Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Phylloscopidae
Genus: Phylloscopus
Species:
P. castaniceps
Binomial name
Phylloscopus castaniceps
(Hodgson, 1845)
Synonyms

Seicercus castaniceps

The chestnut-crowned warbler (Phylloscopus castaniceps) is a species of leaf warbler (family Phylloscopidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China , India , Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Nine subspecies are recognised across its range, and it forms a superspecies with the Sunda warbler and the yellow-breasted warbler.[2][3]

From Khangchendzonga National Park, West Sikkim, India .

It is arboreal and primarily insectivorous. Though not considered migratory, it may make small seasonal movements to higher or lower elevations.[4]

The chestnut-crowned warbler was previously placed in the genus Seicercus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018 found that neither Phylloscopus nor Seicercus were monophyletic.[5] In the subsequent reorganization the two genera were merged into Phylloscopus which has priority under the rules of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.[6]

References

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