Pale-legged Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus tenellipes Swinhoe, 1860

Pale-legged Leaf Warbler, Phylloscopus tenellipes, is a leaf warbler that breeds from eastern Russia to north-east China and North Korea, and moves to south-east Asia outside the breeding season. It was described by Swinhoe in 1860. It is associated with temperate forests. The bird has brownish upperparts, a greyish-brown crown and nape, and a strong whitish supercilium that runs well behind the eye but does not reach the forehead. Its eyeline is dark brown, the cheeks are pale brown, and the throat, breast and belly are whitish.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Phylloscopidae — Leaf Warblers

Breeding range

Palearctic: e Russia to ne China and North Korea

Nonbreeding range

se Asia