Biology:Green-crowned warbler

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Short description: Species of bird

Green-crowned warbler
Green-crowned Warbler Neora Valley National Park West Bengal India 01.05.2016.jpg
From Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, India
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Phylloscopidae
Genus: Phylloscopus
Species:
P. burkii
Binomial name
Phylloscopus burkii
(Burton, 1836) [2]
Synonyms

Seicercus burkii

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

It is found in the Indian subcontinent, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India , Nepal, and Pakistan . A single sighting was recorded from Sigiriya, Sri Lanka in 1993. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The green-crowned warbler was previously placed in the genus Seicercus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018 found that neither Phylloscopus nor Seicercus were monophyletic.[3] In the subsequent reorganization the two genera were merged into Phylloscopus which has priority under the rules of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1037940 entry