Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

Palau Bush-warbler (Cettia annae) - HBW 11, p. 592

French: Bouscarle des Palau German: Palaubuschsänger Spanish: Cetia de Palau

Taxonomy: Psamathia annae Hartlaub and Finsch, 1868, Palau Islands.
Sometimes placed in a monotypic genus, Psamathia, but on basis of voice, egg colour and morphology now included within present genus. Together with C. parens and C. ruficapilla (possibly also C. carolinae) probably most closely related to C. diphone; these species appear to be relicts of a single, formerly more widespread species in Indo-Pacific region. Monotypic.

Distribution: Palau Is (Babelthaup, Koror, Garakayo, Peleliu and Ngabad).