Eastern Bonellis Warbler (Phylloscopus orientalis) Science Article 1 abstract Adult birds replace their flight feathers (moult) at least once per year, either in summer aftertermination of breeding or (in the case of some long-distance migratory species) in the winterquarters. We reconstructed the evolutionary pathways leading to summer and winter moultusing recently published molecular phylogenetic information […]
Category: Phylloscopidae
Mate Fidelity in Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) Science Article 1 abstract Two cases of year-to-year mate fidelity in Chiffchaff occurred in the subpopulation of 6 males and their females in a region of South Bohemia. The first nesting of both females failed in the first season. One of them was secondary female in the first season. Both pairs renested […]
A phylogenetic analysis of the evolution of moultstrategies in Western Palearctic warblers (Aves:Sylviidae)
Bonellis Warbler (Phylloscopus bonelli) Science Article 1 abstract Adult birds replace their flight feathers (moult) at least once per year, either in summer aftertermination of breeding or (in the case of some long-distance migratory species) in the winterquarters. We reconstructed the evolutionary pathways leading to summer and winter moultusing recently published molecular phylogenetic information on […]
Genetically confirmed interbreeding between western Bonelli’s warbler ( Phylloscopus bonelli ) and wood warbler ( P. sibilatrix )
Bonellis Warbler (Phylloscopus bonelli) Science Article 2 abstract During May and June 2003, a mixed breeding pair consisting of a male western Bonelli’s warbler (Phylloscopus bonelli) and a female wood warbler (P. sibilatrix) successfully raised six young in a broad-leafed forest near Junkerath, western Germany, an area far outside the regular breeding range of P. […]
Notes on Phyhoseopus coronatus iiimae
Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis) Science Article 1 abstract Three of these little-known Willow Warblers were taken in the southern part of Okinawa Shims, Riu KM Islands, in the fall of 1945. Unfortunately, two were lost subsequently, but in view of the bird’s rarity, it seems worth while to place on record the notes that were […]
Breeding Ecology and Habitat Associationsof the Arctic Warbler in Interior Alaska
Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis) Science Article 2 abstract The Alaska Bird Observatory (ABO) initiated a three-year study in May 2004 to describe the breeding biology and habitat associations of Arctic Warblers (Phylloscopus borealis kennecotti) along the Denali Highway (Milepost 23-34) between Tangle Lakes and Maclaren Summit. Richard Ring, Susan Sharbaugh, and Nancy Dewitt, Alaska Bird […]
Eastern Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Phylloscopidae | [latin] Phylloscopus coronatus | [UK] Eastern Crowned Warbler | [FR] Pouillot couronne | [DE] Kronen-Laubsanger | [ES] Mosquitero Coronado | [NL] Kroonboszanger Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Eastern Crowned Warbler has double wing-bars. The throat, breast, and belly are more whiteish. Upperparts greenish; the undertail-coverts are yellowish in contrast […]
Gansu Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus kansuensis)
[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Phylloscopidae | [latin] Phylloscopus kansuensis | [UK] Gansu Leaf Warbler | [FR] Pouillot du Gansu | [DE] Kansulaubsanger | [ES] Mosquitero de Gansu | [NL] Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics This bird looks like a warbler but is scarcely bigger than a Goldcrest and has a dazzling array of yellow stripes […]
Iberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus)
[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Phylloscopidae | [latin] Phylloscopus ibericus | [UK] Iberian Chiffchaff | [FR] Jardinier a poitrine fauve | [DE] Iberienzilpzalp | [ES] Mosquitero Iberico | [NL] Iberische Tjiftjaf Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Phylloscopus ibericus EU sw Europe, also nw Africa w AF Phylloscopus ibericus biscayensis […]
Plain Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus neglectus)
[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Phylloscopidae | [latin] Phylloscopus neglectus | [UK] Plain Leaf Warbler | [FR] Pouillot modeste | [DE] Eichen-Laubsanger | [ES] Mosquitero Sencillo | [NL] Dwergtjiftjaf Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Very small warbler of goldcrest size. Coloration like Chiffchaff but lacks any obvious markings. Upperparts brownish grey, short buff eyestripe. Underparts Whitish […]