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Phylloscopus

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Also known as Leaf warbler

genus of birds

OverviewAI-generated

Phylloscopus is a genus of birds within the class Aves and order Passeriformes. It belongs to the family Phylloscopidae, although the World Register of Marine Species lists it under Sylviidae. The genus was described by F. Boie in 1826 and holds an accepted taxonomic status. Its common name is kovaček.

Records for this taxon are held by institutions such as RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE. Specimens have been documented in countries including the Dr Congo, Belgium, the Philippines, Hungary, and Tunisia. The genus is referenced by 756 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, iDigBio, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyPhylloscopidae
Observations91,882
Observations recorded14,828,540

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,097
With media
202
Family
Phylloscopidae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
Recorded in
Dr Congo, Belgium, Philippines, Hungary, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Germany

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Encyclopedic overview

Leaf warblers are small insectivorous passerine birds belonging to the genus Phylloscopus.

Leaf warblers were formerly included in the Old World warbler family but are now considered to belong to the family Phylloscopidae, introduced in 2006. The family originally included the genus Seicercus, but all species have been moved to Phylloscopus in the most recent classification. Leaf warblers are active, constantly moving, often flicking their wings as they glean the foliage for insects along the branches of trees and bushes. They forage at various levels within forests, from the top canopy to the understorey. Most of the species are markedly territorial both in their summer and winter quarters. Most are greenish or brownish above and off-white or yellowish below. Compared to some other "warblers", their songs are very simple. Species breeding in temperate regions are usually strongly migratory.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phylloscopus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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