Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

San Cristobal Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus makirensis) - HBW 11, p. 672

French: Pouillot de San Cristobal German: San-Cristobal-Laubsänger Spanish: Mosquitero de San Cristóbal

Taxonomy: Phylloscopus trivirgatus makirensis Mayr, 1935, San Cristobal, Solomon Islands.
Relationships uncertain. Has been considered conspecific with P. poliocephalus; both previously thought to form a superspecies with P. trivirgatus, P. sarasinorum and P. presbytes, but this treatment is not supported by findings from recent molecular-genetic studies. Detailed review of all leaf-warbler taxa in Indonesia, Wallacea, New Guinea and Solomon Is may lead to considerable changes from present arrangement. Monotypic.

Distribution: San Cristobal, in S Solomon Is.