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Seicercus
Sign in to saveSeicercus is a genus of Old World warbler formerly in the family Sylviidae but now placed in Phylloscopidae. Recent scientific studies have recommended synonymizing this genus with Phylloscopus, and are placed there.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPhylloscopidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 907
- With media
- 27
- Family
- Phylloscopidae
- Collections
- CUMV, UMMZ, ANSP
- Recorded in
- India, Zambia, Thailand
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sylviidae
- Image
- Golden-spectacled Warbler - Bhutan S4E9774 (19241397466).jpg
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- Seicercus
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- Seicercus
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- Category:Seicercus
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomic note
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Seicercus is a genus of Old World warbler formerly in the family Sylviidae but now placed in Phylloscopidae. Recent scientific studies have recommended synonymizing this genus with Phylloscopus, and are placed there.
The genus is distributed in the Indian subcontinent and eastern Asia from northern China to Timor in the Lesser Sundas. Many of the more northerly species are migratory, breeding in temperate climates and wintering in the tropics; others are attitudinal migrants, moving down from the mountains in the winter. A few species are migratory over part of their range and resident in others.
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