Buff-throated warbler | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Phylloscopidae |
Genus: | Phylloscopus |
Species: | P. subaffinis
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Binomial name | |
Phylloscopus subaffinis
Ogilvie-Grant, 1900
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The buff-throated warbler (Phylloscopus subaffinis) is a species of leaf warbler ( family Phylloscopidae). It was formerly included in the " Old World warbler" assemblage.
It breeds in China and winters down toward northern Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
Its underparts are yellowish, and its upperparts are greenish-gray. [2] Its bill has a dark tip. [2] It is similar to the Tickell's Leaf Warbler, but duller in color. [2]
It can be identified by its short two-note call. [2]
It forages in low vegetation. [2]
It breeds on hillsides in open scrub habitat. [2]