A NEW SPECIES OF PHYLLOSCOPUS WARBLER FROM SICHUAN-PROVINCE, CHINA

Authors
ALSTROM P OLSSON U
Citation
P. Alstrom et U. Olsson, A NEW SPECIES OF PHYLLOSCOPUS WARBLER FROM SICHUAN-PROVINCE, CHINA, Ibis, 137(4), 1995, pp. 459-468
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Ornithology
Journal title
Ibis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00191019
Volume
137
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
459 - 468
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-1019(1995)137:4<459:ANSOPW>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A new species of leaf warbler (Sylviidae: Phylloscopus) is described f rom the mountain Emei Shan, Sichuan Province, China, Morphologically i t is extremely similar to, yet significantly different from, the sympa tric Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides and White-tailed Lea f Warbler Phylloscopus davisoni. Songs and calls are both very differe nt from P. reguloides and P. davisoni, and playback tests confirmed th e specific status of the new species.