Tickell's Leaf Warbler
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Tickell's Leaf Warbler | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Phylloscopidae |
Genus: | Phylloscopus |
Species: | P. affinis |
Binomial name | |
Phylloscopus affinis (Tickell, 1833) | |
Tickell's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus affinis) is a leaf warbler found in Asia. The species has a yellowish underside and supercilium. It is a common bird watchers' target in this region.
The name commemorates the British ornithologist Samuel Tickell who collected in India and Burma.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Phylloscopus affinis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 338–339.
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