Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Brown Woodland-warbler (Phylloscopus umbrovirens) - HBW 11, p. 648
French: Pouillot ombré
German: Umbralaubsänger
Spanish: Mosquitero Oscuro
Other common names: Brown Warbler(!)
Taxonomy: Sylvia (Ficedula) umbrovirens Rüppell, 1840, Semien Province, Ethiopia.
Has been placed in genus Seicercus. Geographical variation broadly clinal; some races perhaps not tenable. Nine subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- yemenensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1913) - SW Saudi Arabia and W Yemen.
- umbrovirens (Rüppell, 1840) - Eritrea, N & C Ethiopia and NW Somalia.
- omoensis (Neumann, 1905) - W & S Ethiopia.
- yemenensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1913) - SW Saudi Arabia and W Yemen.
- umbrovirens (Rüppell, 1840) - Eritrea, N & C Ethiopia and NW Somalia.
- omoensis (Neumann, 1905) - W & S Ethiopia.
- williamsi Clancey, 1956 - N Somalia (Erigavo district).
- mackensianus (Sharpe, 1892) - SE Sudan, N & E Uganda, extreme NW, W & C Kenya and N Tanzania.
- alpinus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) - Ruwenzori Mts, along DRCongo-SW Uganda-Rwanda border.
- wilhelmi (Gyldenstolpe, 1922) - E DRCongo to SW Uganda, Rwanda (Kivu Volcanoes) and Burundi.
- dorcadichroa (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895) - SE Kenya (Chyulu Hills) S to N & NE Tanzania.
- fugglescouchmani (Moreau, 1941) - E Tanzania (Uluguru Mts).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird moving from branch to branch Locality Saudi Arabia (ssp yemenensis)
John Gregory 30 April 2002 4 years ago 19 sec 3.3
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A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Stefan Helming 3 January 2009 3 years ago 3.7 -
Feeding in tree
Locality Hawatsu, Southern Region, Eritrea
Jason Anderson 7 January 2009 1 year ago 2.8
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