Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Brown Bush-warbler (Bradypterus luteoventris) - HBW 11, p. 604
French: Bouscarle russule
German: Rostbuschsänger
Spanish: Zarzalero Pardo
Taxonomy: Tribura luteoventris Hodgson, 1845, Nepal.
Part of a species complex that also includes B. alishanensis, B. mandelli, B. seebohmi, B. montis and B. timorensis; some or all of these often treated as conspecific. Taxonomy of this group confusing; relationship between present species and B. mandelli overlooked by most authorities until recently, when vocal differences indicated existence of two separate species in NE Indian Subcontinent. Birds from W Myanmar (Arakan Yomas) described as race ticehursti, and subsequent specimens from S China (Yunnan) and N Thailand claimed to be of this form.. View all taxonomy...
Part of a species complex that also includes B. alishanensis, B. mandelli, B. seebohmi, B. montis and B. timorensis; some or all of these often treated as conspecific. Taxonomy of this group confusing; relationship between present species and B. mandelli overlooked by most authorities until recently, when vocal differences indicated existence of two separate species in NE Indian Subcontinent. Birds from W Myanmar (Arakan Yomas) described as race ticehursti, and subsequent specimens from S China (Yunnan) and N Thailand claimed to be of this form; first two, however, now considered to be merely very dark juveniles, while Thai specimen is a dark B. mandelli, and this race no longer regarded as valid. Monotypic.
Distribution: NE India (from Darjeeling, in West Bengal, E to Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland), Bhutan, W & N Myanmar, S & SE China and N Vietnam; probably also NE Bangladesh.
- Least Concern
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