Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

Green Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus nitidus) - HBW 11, p. 662

French: Pouillot du Caucase German: Wacholderlaubsänger Spanish: Mosquitero del Cáucaso
Other common names: Green Warbler/Willow-warbler, Bright-green/Yellowish-breasted Warbler

Taxonomy: Ph[ylloscopus]. nitidus Blyth, 1843, Calcutta, India.
Taxonomic position uncertain; frequently considered conspecific with P. trochiloides, but evidence from mitochondrial DNA indicates that the two are intermediate between species and races in terms of the degree of divergence between them. Monotypic.

Distribution: Breeds N Turkey and from N Caucasus S to N Georgia, also N Iran (Elburz Mts) and NW Afghanistan; non-breeding S Pakistan (Sind), S India (Western Ghats, Kerala, Tamil Nadu) and Sri Lanka.