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Chinese Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus yunnanensis La Touche, 1922
Phylloscopidae — Leaf Warblers
Chinese Leaf Warbler, Phylloscopus yunnanensis, is a leaf warbler of the family Phylloscopidae that breeds in northern and central China and moves to south-east Asia outside the breeding season. It was described by La Touche in 1922. It is associated with mountainous forest, especially spruce and fir, and also uses low secondary growth. The sexes are alike. It is a small, compact bird with a short pointed bill, a slightly notched tail and short rounded wings. Its upperparts are pale green to olive-green, with a yellowish-white rump and a marked head pattern.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Phylloscopidae — Leaf Warblers
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: n, c China
- Nonbreeding range
- se Asia
