A new species of Phylloscopus warbler from Sichuan Province, China

1995/10/01 by Per Alström, PER ALSTRÖM, Urban Olsson +1 · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Genetic diversity and population structure

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.1995.tb03254.x

Abstract

A new species of leaf warbler (Sylviidae: Phylloscopus ) is described from the mountain Emei Shan, Sichuan Province, China. Morphologically it is extremely similar to, yet significantly different from, the sympatric Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides and White‐tailed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus davisoni. Songs and calls are both very different from P. reguloides and P. davisoni, and playback tests confirmed the specific status of the new species.

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