Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

Grey-cheeked Warbler (Seicercus poliogenys) - HBW 11, p. 678

French: Pouillot à joues grises German: Grauwangen-Laubsänger Spanish: Mosquitero Carigrís
Other common names: Grey-cheeked Flycatcher-warbler

Taxonomy: C[ulicipeta]. poliogenys Blyth, 1847, Darjeeling, India.
Analyses of mitochondrial DNA suggest that this and S. affinis are sister-species, and that they form a clade together with S. burkii and S. tephrocephalus. Mitochondrial DNA further indicates that Himalayan populations may be specifically distinct from Yunnan (China) and S Vietnam populations (the two latter are also well differentiated); further research required. Monotypic.

Distribution: E Himalayas from C Nepal E to NE India (E Arunachal Pradesh) and neighbouring parts of N Myanmar and S China (S Yunnan); also Nagaland S to Mizoram and Meghalaya (NE India), and Laos and Vietnam.