Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

Sulphur-breasted Warbler (Phylloscopus ricketti) - HBW 11, p. 670

French: Pouillot de Rickett German: Goldscheitel-Laubsänger Spanish: Mosquitero de Rickett
Other common names: Sulphur-breasted Leaf-warbler, Black-browed/Rickett’s/Slater’s Warbler/Leaf-warbler, Yellow-breasted Willow-warbler

Taxonomy: Cryptolopha ricketti Slater, 1897, Kuan-t’un, north-west Fujian, south-east China.
Has sometimes been treated as conspecific with P. cantator. Race goodsoni of P. reguloides was formerly placed with this species. Monotypic.

Distribution: Breeds C, S & E China (S Gansu and Sichuan E to Hubei and Fujian, S to Guizhou, N Guangxi and E Guangdong), also C Laos and N Vietnam (C Annam); non-breeding also N & E Thailand, S Laos and N Vietnam (W & E Tonkin, N Annam).