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Japanese Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus xanthodryas (Swinhoe, 1863)
Phylloscopidae — Leaf Warblers
Japanese Leaf Warbler, Phylloscopus xanthodryas, is a leaf warbler that breeds in central and southern Japan, from Honshu to Kyushu, and spends the non-breeding season in Taiwan, the Philippines and northern Indonesia. It was described by Swinhoe in 1863. It is a monotypic species in the family Phylloscopidae. The bird is linked to the Arctic Warbler and the Kamchatka Leaf Warbler, and was once treated as the same species as them. It inhabits mixed, deciduous and coniferous woodland, along with thickets and other dense cover.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Phylloscopidae — Leaf Warblers
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: Honshu to Kyushu (c, s Japan)
- Nonbreeding range
- Taiwan?, Philippines and n Indonesia
