Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

Hume's Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus humei) - HBW 11, p. 661

French: Pouillot de Hume German: Tienschan-Laubsänger Spanish: Mosquitero de Hume
Other common names: Hume’s (Yellow-browed) Warbler; Mandelli’s Leaf-warbler (mandellii)

Taxonomy: Reguloides humei W. E. Brooks, 1878, North-West Frontier Province, India.
Previously considered conspecific with P. inornatus, but differs clearly in vocalizations and plumage. Race mandellii sometimes treated as a separate species on basis mainly of differences in plumage and call. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

humei (W. E. Brooks, 1878) - breeds SC Russia (Altai, Sayan and S Baikal Ranges), W Mongolia, NE & E Kazakhstan, NW China (Junggar Basin) and Tien Shan S to NE Afghanistan and Kashmir, thence E to C Nepal; non-breeding NE Afghanistan, N Pakistan and N & E India E to Bangladesh and extreme S China (S Xizang).
mandellii (W. E. Brooks, 1879) - breeds C China (E Qinghai E to Shaanxi, S to N Yunnan); non-breeding S China (SE Xizang) and NE India E to Bangladesh E to W & NW Myanmar, NW Thailand, N Laos and N Vietnam (W Tonkin).