Whistler's warbler

Whistler's warbler (Phylloscopus whistleri) is a species of leaf warbler (family Phylloscopidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.

Whistler's warbler
from Khangchendzonga National Park, West Sikkim, India.

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Phylloscopidae
Genus: Phylloscopus
Species:
P. whistleri
Binomial name
Phylloscopus whistleri
(Ticehurst, 1925)
Synonyms

Seicercus whistleri

It is found in the Indian subcontinent, from the Himalayas to Myanmar.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Whistler's warbler was previously placed in the genus Seicercus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018 found that neither Phylloscopus nor Seicercus were monophyletic.[3] In the subsequent reorganization the two genera were merged into Phylloscopus which has priority under the rules of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.[4] The common name commemorates the English ornithologist Hugh Whistler (1889–1943).[5]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Phylloscopus whistleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. "Bushtits, leaf warblers & reed warblers « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  3. Alström, P.; et al. (2018). "Complete species-level phylogeny of the leaf warbler (Aves: Phylloscopidae) radiation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 126: 141–152. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.031. PMID 29631054.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Bushtits, leaf warblers, reed warblers". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 362–364.


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