Seicercus
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Seicercus is a genus of Old World warbler formerly in the Sylviidae family but now placed in Phylloscopidae. It contains the following species:
- White-spectacled Warbler (Seicercus affinis)
- Green-crowned Warbler (Seicercus burkii)
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler (Seicercus castaniceps)
- Sunda Warbler (Seicercus grammiceps)
- Yellow-breasted Warbler (Seicercus montis)
- Martens's Warbler (Seicercus omeiensis)
- Grey-cheeked Warbler (Seicercus poliogenys)
- Plain-tailed Warbler (Seicercus soror)
- Grey-crowned Warbler (Seicercus tephrocephalus)
- Bianchi's Warbler (Seicercus valentini)
- Whistler's Warbler (Seicercus whistleri)
[edit] Taxonomic note
The species known as Golden-spectacled Warbler Seicercus burkii (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into S. burkii, S. valentini, S. whistleri, S. soror and S. tephrocephalus following Alström & Olsson (1999) and S. omeiensis following Martens et al. (1999).
[edit] References
http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=32281&m=0
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