Pale-legged leaf warbler
| Pale-legged leaf warbler | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Phylloscopidae |
| Genus: | Phylloscopus |
| Species: | P. tenellipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Phylloscopus tenellipes Swinhoe, 1860 | |
The pale-legged leaf warbler (Phylloscopus tenellipes) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. It is found in Manchuria; it winters in Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
Description
12 cm length. Brownish upperparts with contrasting greyish-brown crown and nape. Whitish supercilium contrasts strongly, not reaching forehead but extending well behind eye. Eyeline dark brown and wider behind eye. Cheeks mottled pale brown and throat whitish. White undertail coverts contrast with paler olive-brown rump and uppertail coverts, lacks greenish tinge. Breast and belly whitish, washed pale brown.[2]
Voice
Song, 'tiriririririririri' recalling.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Phylloscopus tenellipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ A Field Guide to the Birds of Korea (2005). ISBN 89-951415-3-0.
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