Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

Friendly Bush-warbler (Bradypterus accentor) - HBW 11, p. 608

French: Bouscarle du Kinabalu German: Borneobuschsänger Spanish: Zarzalero del Kinabalu
Other common names: Friendly Warbler, Kinabalu Bush-warbler/Friendly Warbler/Scrub-warbler

Taxonomy: Androphilus accentor Sharpe, 1888, Mount Kinabalu, north Borneo.
Distinctive warbler of uncertain affinities; seemingly closest to B. caudatus, which it resembles both in plumage and in song, but the two differ significantly in features of the tail and in foot size. Monotypic.

Distribution: Mt Kinabalu and adjoining peaks of Mt Trus Madi and Tam Boyukan, in N Borneo (Sabah).