Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)
French: Pouillot boréal German: Wanderlaubsänger Spanish: Mosquitero Boreal
Other common names: Arctic Leaf-warbler/Willow-warbler, Eversmann’s Warbler
Taxonomy:
Phyllopneuste borealis J. H. Blasius, 1858, north coast of Sea of Okhotsk, Russia.
Additional proposed races are talovka (Scandinavia E to S Siberia and NW Mongolia), transbaicalicus (E Siberia and N Mongolia) and hylebata (N Manchuria and SE Russia S to N Korea), all considered indistinguishable from nominate, and examinandus (from S Kurils and Japan), which is synonymized with xanthodryas. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- borealis (J. H. Blasius, 1858) - breeds N Europe (N & E Fennoscandia, N Russia) E through N Siberia to R Kolyma, S to SC Siberia (L Baikal), Mongolia and NE China (N & E Manchuria); non-breeding SE Asia (S Myanmar E to Vietnam), SE China (Fujian, N Guangdong) and Taiwan S to Sundas.
- xanthodryas (Swinhoe, 1863) - breeds NE Russia (Chukotka and Kamchatka) S to Sakhalin I, Kuril Is and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu); non-breeding Taiwan, Borneo, Philippines (Luzon, Negros) and Indonesia (E to Lesser Sundas).
- kennicotti (S. F. Baird, 1869) - breeds NW USA (W Alaska); non-breeding Philippines and Indonesia (E to Lesser Sundas).
- Least Concern
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A bird moving through the vegetation Pulau Manukan, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (xanthodryas)
Keith Blomerley 29 September 2001 2 years ago 19 sec 3.2 -
1 bird looking for food Mount Makiling, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines
Daniêl Jimenez 5 March 2008 1 year ago 15 sec 2.7
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Arctic Warbler, Happy Island, Hebei, China Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 17 May 2009 36 weeks ago 4 -
Winter visitor. Taiwan
alder 30 September 2009 18 weeks ago 3.3
- No sound recordings available yet
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