Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

Shade Warbler (Cettia parens) - HBW 11, p. 592

French: Bouscarle de San Cristobal German: San-Cristobal-Buschsänger Spanish: Cetia de San Cristóbal

Taxonomy: Vitia parens Mayr, 1935, San Cristobal, Solomon Islands.
Has sometimes been placed in a separate genus, Vitia, but on basis of voice and morphology now included within present genus. Together with C. annae 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: San Cristobal, in S Solomon Is.