Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler (Phylloscopus orientalis) - HBW 11, p. 652
French: Pouillot oriental
German: Balkanlaubsänger
Spanish: Mosquitero Oriental
Other common names: Bonelli’s Warbler (when treated as conspecific with P. bonelli)
Taxonomy: Phyllopneuste orientalis C. L. Brehm, 1855, Wadi Halfa, Nubia, north Sudan.
Was until recently treated as conspecific with P. bonelli, but the two differ in vocalizations (primarily in calls) and also exhibit small differences in mitochondrial DNA. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds in SE Europe from Croatia S to Albania, N Greece, S Romania, Bulgaria and W & SW Turkey; isolated populations in Syria and Lebanon. Non-breeding E Africa (E Chad, SC Sudan and Eritrea).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult foraging among branches of Acacia tree. Locality Eilat, Israel (Monotypic species)
Iva Hristova 19 March 2007 3 years ago 17 sec 3.7
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on a branch
Locality Mitzpe Ramon, Negev Desert, Israel
Lior Kislev 22 March 2011 2 years ago 4.3 -
on a branch
Locality Mitzpe Ramon, Negev Desert, Israel
Lior Kislev 22 March 2011 2 years ago 4.2 -
Bird foraging on the ground during spring migration.
Locality International Birding and Research Center, Eilat, Israel (Monotypic species)
Iva Hristova 10 April 2007 3 years ago 3.8 -
In hand during spring migration
Locality Antikythira Bird Observatory, Antikythira, Ionian Islands Region, Greece
Christos Barboutis 28 March 2011 1 year ago 3.2 -
A bird perching on a branch
Locality Eilat, Israel
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 23 March 2009 3 years ago 3
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Calls of a parent and a juvenile Locality Kazdagi (Mount Ida) National Park, Turkey
Stuart Fisher 19 June 2008 4 years ago 4
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