Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Chestnut-crowned Warbler (Seicercus castaniceps) - HBW 11, p. 678
French: Pouillot à couronne marron
German: Rotkopf-Laubsänger
Spanish: Mosquitero Coronicastaño
Other common names: Chestnut-crowned Flycatcher-warbler, Chestnut-headed Warbler/Flycatcher-warbler
Taxonomy: Abrornis castaniceps Hodgson, 1845, Nepal.
Forms a superspecies with S. montis and S. grammiceps, although overlaps in range with both to limited extent. Birds in SW Cambodia of uncertain racial affiliation, tentatively placed in stresemanni. Nine subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- castaniceps (Hodgson, 1845) - N & NE India (extreme E Uttaranchal E to Arunachal Pradesh, also hills S of R Brahmaputra in Nagaland and Manipur), Nepal, Bhutan, extreme S China (S & SE Xizang, W Yunnan), Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill Tracts) and W & N Myanmar.
- sinensis (Rickett, 1898) - breeds C & S China (S Shaanxi S to Sichuan and NW Fujian), N Laos and N Vietnam (W & E Tonkin, N Annam); non-breeding SE China (S Guizhou and SE Yunnan E to S Fujian, S to Guangxi and Guangdong).
- laurentei (La Touche, 1922) - SE Yunnan (Mengzi region) and S Guangxi (Yaoshan Mts), in extreme S China.
- castaniceps (Hodgson, 1845) - N & NE India (extreme E Uttaranchal E to Arunachal Pradesh, also hills S of R Brahmaputra in Nagaland and Manipur), Nepal, Bhutan, extreme S China (S & SE Xizang, W Yunnan), Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill Tracts) and W & N Myanmar.
- sinensis (Rickett, 1898) - breeds C & S China (S Shaanxi S to Sichuan and NW Fujian), N Laos and N Vietnam (W & E Tonkin, N Annam); non-breeding SE China (S Guizhou and SE Yunnan E to S Fujian, S to Guangxi and Guangdong).
- laurentei (La Touche, 1922) - SE Yunnan (Mengzi region) and S Guangxi (Yaoshan Mts), in extreme S China.
- collinsi Deignan, 1943 - E Myanmar and NW Thailand.
- stresemanni Delacour, 1932 - S Laos (Bolovens) and SW Cambodia (Cardamom Mts).
- annamensis (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) - SC Vietnam (Langbian Plateau).
- youngi (Robinson, 1915) - peninsular Thailand.
- butleri (E. J. O. Hartert, 1898) - mountains of Peninsular Malaysia.
- muelleri (Robinson & Kloss, 1916) - Sumatra.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A poor view of a bird in a tree, being chased away by a White-spectacled Warbler. Locality Langbian Mountain, Da Lat Plateau, Annam, Vietnam (ssp annamensis)
Josep del Hoyo 18 April 2008 3 years ago 27 sec 1
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A bird perched
Locality Mo Chhu River Valley, Punakha District, Bhutan (ssp castaniceps)
Arthur Grosset 28 March 2008 2 years ago 3.8
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One cut of a song. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
(ssp butleri)
Sam Woods 1 June 2008 2 years ago 3
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