Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Red-faced Woodland-warbler (Phylloscopus laetus) - HBW 11, p. 647
French: Pouillot à face rousse
German: Braunwangen-Laubsänger
Spanish: Mosquitero Carirrojo
Other common names: Red-faced Leaf-warbler, Rusty-faced Warbler
Taxonomy: Cryptolopha laeta Sharpe, 1902, Ruwenzori Mountains, west Uganda.
Has been placed in genus Seicercus. Forms a superspecies with P. ruficapilla and P. laurae. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- laetus (Sharpe, 1902) - NE & E DRCongo (Lendu Plateau and Ruwenzori Mts S to Itombwe), SW Uganda, W Rwanda and W Burundi.
- schoutedeni (Prigogine, 1955) - E DRCongo (Mt Kabobo).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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looking for food Locality Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda (ssp laetus)
Daniêl Jimenez 18 September 2010 1 year ago 39 sec 3.8 -
A bird moving in a tree Locality Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda (ssp laetus)
Josep del Hoyo 12 September 2006 4 years ago 28 sec 3.8
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Feeding in tree
Locality Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 21 December 2009 1 year ago 2.3 -
Single bird foraging in tree.
Locality Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp laetus)
Tom Tarrant 5 January 2006 2 years ago 2
- No sound recordings available yet
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