Leaf Warblers
Phylloscopus
Leaf warblers are small insectivorous birds belonging mainly to the genus Phylloscopus. The genus was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826. The genus name Phylloscopus is from Ancient Greek phullon, "leaf", and skopos, "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 81 known species
Common Chiffchaff
speciesPhylloscopus collybita
Willow Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus trochilus
Wood Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Yellow-browed Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus inornatus
Greenish Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus trochiloides
Arctic Warbler Complex
complexPhylloscopus borealis
Western Bonelli's Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus bonelli
Dusky Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus fuscatus
Pallas's Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus proregulus
Eastern Crowned Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus coronatus
Hume's Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus humei
Canary Islands Chiffchaff
speciesPhylloscopus canariensis
Iberian Chiffchaff
speciesPhylloscopus ibericus
Grey-hooded Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus xanthoschistos
Green Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus nitidus
Radde's Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus schwarzi
Buff-barred Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus pulcher
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus affinis
Two-barred Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
Blyth's Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus reguloides
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus tenellipes
Mountain Chiffchaff
speciesPhylloscopus sindianus
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus griseolus
Chestnut-crowned Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus castaniceps
Sakhalin Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus borealoides
Ashy-throated Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus maculipennis
Claudia's Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus claudiae
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus magnirostris
Sulphur-breasted Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus ricketti
Mountain Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus trivirgatus
Whistler's Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus whistleri
Lemon-rumped Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus chloronotus
Western Crowned Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus occipitalis
Yellow-breasted Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus montis
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus orientalis
Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus ruficapilla
Hartert's Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus goodsoni
Davison's Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus intensior
White-spectacled Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus intermedius
Sichuan Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus forresti
Buff-throated Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus subaffinis
Gray-crowned Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus tephrocephalus
Yellow-streaked Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus armandii
Chinese Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus yunnanensis
Bianchi's Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus valentini
Sunda Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus grammiceps
Kloss's Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus ogilviegranti
Alström's Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus soror
Gray-cheeked Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus poliogenys
Green-crowned Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus burkii
Brown Woodland-Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus umbrovirens
Tytler's Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus tytleri
Martens's Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus omeiensis
Yellow-vented Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus cantator
Ijima's Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus ijimae
Plain Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus neglectus
Gansu Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus kansuensis
Negros Leaf Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus nigrorum
Smoky Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus fuligiventer
Red-faced Woodland-Warbler
speciesPhylloscopus laetus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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