Island leaf warbler

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Island leaf warbler
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Phylloscopidae
Genus: Phylloscopus
Species:
P. poliocephalus
Binomial name
Phylloscopus poliocephalus
(Salvadori, 1876)

The island leaf warbler (Phylloscopus poliocephalus) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. It is found in an area ranging from the Moluccas to the Solomon Islands.

Taxonomy

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The island leaf warbler was formally described in 1876 as Gerygone? poliocephala by the Italian zoologist Tommaso Salvadori based on a specimen collected in the Arfak Mountains of western New Guinea.[2][3] The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek πολιος/polios meaning "grey" or "grizzled" with -κεφαλος/-kephalos meaning "-headed".[4] The island leaf warbler is now one of around 80 leaf warblers placed in the genus Phylloscopus that was introduced in 1826 by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie.[5]

Eighteen subspecies are recognised:[5]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International 2017. Phylloscopus poliocephalus (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103866004A118851676. Downloaded on 29 January 2020.
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