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.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 (2016). "Phylloscopus whistleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22732760A95049375. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22732760A95049375.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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. S2CID 4720300.
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.