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Brooks's leaf warbler

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Brooks's leaf warbler
Brooks's leaf warbler (above), and Hume's leaf warbler (below); illustration by Keulemans, 1881
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Phylloscopidae
Genus: Phylloscopus
Species:
P. subviridis
Binomial name
Phylloscopus subviridis
(Brooks, 1872)

Brooks's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus subviridis) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae.

Distribution and habitat

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It is found in Afghanistan, India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, and Turkmenistan, but has been recorded only in northwestern India and Pakistan in present times. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests.

History

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The Brooks's leaf warbler was described by ornithologist William Edwin Brooks, father of the Canadian bird illustrator Allan Brooks.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Phylloscopus subviridis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22715305A94448067. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715305A94448067.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  • Brooks's Leaf Warbler 2010. [1]